MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCSC) - The long stretch of salt marshes you see driving over Lowcountry bridges serve many purposes for the ecosystem, but their treatment is often overlooked. The South ...

MYRTLE BEACH — The Grand Strand's salt marshes are stuck between a proverbial rock and a literal hard place — and the region’s future might hang in the balance. Salt marshes, the foundation of the ...

North Carolina’s 220,000 acres of salt marshes face multiple threats to their major roles in climate protection and ecosystem health, from rising seas and salt water intrusion, to more frequent and ...

CARTERET COUNTY, N.C. (WITN) - A non-profit on the coast is now one step closer to creating a first-of-its-kind sustainable salt marsh nursery. The North Carolina Coastal Federation’s Stacia Strong ...

The saltmarsh sparrow’s existence depends on the coastal marshes found from Virginia to Maine. Their decline reveals an ecosystem on the brink. Bri Benvenuti, a technician with the U.S. Fish and ...

In the race to combat global climate change, much attention has been given to natural 'carbon sinks:' those primarily terrestrial areas of the globe that absorb and sequester more carbon than they ...

Like many coastal communities, New Hampshire’s Seacoast has a flooding problem. Coastal areas are vulnerable to storms and sea level rise that threaten infrastructure, property, and natural habitats.