On Friday, 7 February 2014 09:43:49 UTC, Graham P Davis wrote:
Somewhat OT although the oceans do influence the weather, as we've seen

this winter.



http://www.whoi.edu/oceanus/feature/bumpus

Got me thinking about Texel, which I looked up... then thinking about coastal wetlands, generally. They have taken a big hit over the last few decades with marinas being built on tidal flats.

I could understand a lack of interest in conservation before it became a by-word because neglect and fly tipping over the previous centuries filled tidal pools with ugly debris that a modern marina, or whatever, would disguise or remove.

And such debris would have hidden any massages in bottles too as nobody is going to thrash through trash that is covered in mud for very long. Especially as marshes at certain times of day are not user friendly.

I wonder just how badly things have changed in the last 300 years on western European coastlines.