The Spatiotemporal Evolution of the Mudflat Wetland in the Yellow Sea Using Landsat Time Series

From 1983 to 2020, the mudflat wetland area along the Yellow Sea coast shrank by 337.38 km² per decade, with tidal flats experiencing the most dramatic decline—157.45 km² per decade—while human-made wetlands expanded by 109.56 km² annually. Using Landsat time series data and an Improved Spectral Water Index (IWI), researchers mapped intertidal zones to quantify these changes, revealing that natural wetland loss accelerated between 2000 and 2010. Human activities emerged as the primary driver of mudflat degradation, underscoring urgent conservation needs.

Huang, Z., Tang, W., Zhao, C., Jiao, C., & Zhu, J. (2024). The Spatiotemporal Evolution of the Mudflat Wetland in the Yellow Sea Using Landsat Time Series. Remote Sensing, 16(22), 4190. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16224190