Beware! ‘Crazy stones": picking up a few pretty pebbles at the beach may cost you 20,000 RMB?

 


In Shandong Changdao's crescent bay scenic beach, there is something very famous: thousands of metres of ball stone long beach.


Ball stone, that is, spherical pebbles, attracted many people over to pick up.


In order to protect the pebbles of this precious natural resource, not only the scenic area is prohibited to pick up the ball stone warning signs, Shandong Province also has special laws and regulations.


In order to prohibit tourists from picking up and taking away pebbles at the beach, many foreign countries have similar regulations.


Many people may feel that picking up a few pebbles does not matter, the fact is that if everyone takes a few pebbles, then the consequences will be unimaginable.


Waves lap at the beach all year round, shaping the coast and eroding it at the same time. It has been found that pebbles on the beach are important in preventing coastal erosion and mitigating sea flooding - especially for people living along the coast, where life and property are at stake.


This resistance to erosion, however, is tied to the size of the pebble beach. The more pebbles and other sediments there are on the beach, the more the beach is able to absorb wave energy, and the more resistant it is to erosion.


It may not matter if one person takes away a stone, but the cumulative loss to the beach is terrible and can upset the dynamic balance of the coast as a whole.


Quantitative changes lead to qualitative changes, and the rock you take away may be the last straw that breaks the camel's back.


Editor: Samantha

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