Spring is a lovely time to go to the coast. Most of us gravitate towards the beaches, but it can also be fun to visit the salt marshes that line our coastline — estuaries, where rivers meet the sea.

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. It takes hundreds of years for a salt marsh to form, for fine sediment ...

Tidal salt marshes are fairly common across the Mid-Atlantic. These coastal ecosystems provide habitat for plants, birds and fish. Existing at the intersection of land and sea, tidal salt marshes act ...

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Salt marshes sequester significant carbon in their sediment — more per hectare than tropical rainforests. They protect the land from storm surges and sea level rise, and they shelter a variety of ...

Due to their seasonal variations, most salt marshes in Sri Lanka are mistaken for bare lands, thereby increasing their vulnerability to anthropogenic threats Research studies indicate that mangroves ...

The world lost 1,453 square kilometers (561 square miles) of salt marsh between 2000 and 2019, an area twice the size of Singapore, according to a new study based on satellite imagery. In addition to ...

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.

Salt marshes exist on every coast of the U.S., but these important wetlands are succumbing quickly to the effects of sea level rise caused by climate change. Grace Go of our journalism training ...

Changes in salt-marsh areas around the world between 2000 and 2019 were quantified using satellite records, and the effects of these changes — collectively representing a slowing net global loss — on ...

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 ...