Pickleweed grows noticeably taller and denser in the fenced area from which crabs are excluded. (Photo by K. Beheshti) Coastal marshes are vulnerable to erosion caused by rising seas, pounding waves, ...

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 ...

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 ...

New research into the life and times of a New England salt marsh fundamentally changes our understanding of how salt marshes acquire the sediment that keeps them viable. This research has wide-ranging ...

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 ...

This article was originally featured on Hakai Magazine, an online publication about science and society in coastal ecosystems. Read more stories like this at hakaimagazine.com. On January 26, 1700, ...

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 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 ...

A drone photograph shows residential docks spanning a salt marsh in Wrightsville Beach. Salt marshes in North Carolina are being pushed back by rising sea waters, but aren’t always able to retreat due ...

Coastal Georgia regulators want to change a rule designed to protect the state’s marshes, which serve as a buffer against storms and rising sea levels and a vital part of the coastal ecosystem. But ...

Climate change threatens to “drown” Delaware’s salt marshes. New funds from the National Wildlife Foundation will use a novel method to restore them. Environmentalists from Ducks Unlimited and other ...

Coastal marshes are vulnerable to erosion caused by rising seas, pounding waves, and tidal flows. In California's Elkhorn Slough, these vulnerabilities are made worse by superabundant crabs found at ...