"No other people are as ruthless to their seacoast as Taiwan," bemoans zoologist Jeng Ming-shiou. The concrete coastal embankments do not have the same heat-dispelling effect as do sand beaches, so the water temperature rises, and even marine algae cannot survive.
「沒有人對海岸像台灣這麼殘暴，」中研院動物所副研究員鄭明修指出，水泥護岸喪失了沙灘消熱功能，使得海水溫度提高，海藻都長不出來。