Salt marshes exist on every coast of the U.S., but these important wetlands are succumbing quickly to the effects of sea ...

Maine salt marshes are a key tool in the fight against climate change, acting as a buffer against storms and soaking up planet-warming emissions. These reservoirs of "blue carbon" can be 10 times more ...

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.

Urbanization can impact coastal fisheries by reducing the quality of important habitats, including salt marshes. Similarly, increased urban land use surrounding tidal creeks can impact the health of ...

Perhaps unsurprisingly, taking photographs from a doorless helicopter was proving more difficult than San Francisco Bay Area photographer joSon had anticipated. Bundled in ski apparel and buckled into ...

Saltwater was once known as an invisible threat to farmers and their crops. It would sneak under the soil undetected on the surface until it intruded so far into groundwater that the soil became ...

SALT MARSH, Trelawny — As World Tree Planting Day was observed last Friday, teams from the Discovery Bay Marine Lab and Forestry Department converged on a section of this rural community to continue ...

Alia Al-Haj strides down the half-kilometer boardwalk, a wagon full of power tools and PVC pipes in tow. Off to each side, a marsh stretches into the distance, the wet ground punctuated by tall sedges ...

This map from a study released by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries in 1970 shows the location of five sampling sites in and near the Biloxi Marsh. A Louisiana Department of Wildlife ...