Salt marshes are among coastal habitats endangered by both rising sea levels and urban development. Preserving and restoring salt marshes is essential not only for wildlife protection and natural ...

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.

Dr. Scott F. Jones, University of North Florida assistant professor of biology, co-led recently published research from an international team of scientists that offers a united, conceptual framework ...

The Growing Threat to Coastal Salt Marshes Coastal salt marshes buffer shorelines, filter nutrients, and store carbon, but ...

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.

SOUTH BEND -- Scientists are hoping to restore a saltwater marsh that once nurtured salmon, shellfish and shore birds in a Pacific County estuary. One day in 2005, when the tide is low, a backhoe will ...

As sheets of oil from the BP spill enter marshes in the Gulf of Mexico, you will see heart-breaking images of graceful birds and their grassy habitats coated with sludge. Even more disturbing might be ...

Salt marshes provide ecological value and services to people by mitigating impacts of coastal storms, filtering pollutants, providing habitat for fish, shellfish, and birds, sequestering carbon, and ...

Salt marshes are a vital part of our region’s landscape -- from giving animals a home to protecting us from floods. But in ...