This article was originally published in UCSB’s ‘The Current‘. Sea otters are making an impact as they return to the wetlands of Central California. Remarkable changes have occurred in the landscape ...

Rising sea levels bring tides that threaten coastal birds' extinction. Maine scientists have teamed up to create more resilient marsh systems, and the Midcoast is spearheading the movement.

As part of the national America the Beautiful Challenge, New Hampshire will receive $2 million to support three high-priority salt marsh projects, part of a larger federal goal to conserve 30 ...

More information: Hillary L. Sullivan et al, The Effect of Runnels on Salt Marsh Sediment Dynamics, Vegetation, and Nitrogen Cycling, Estuaries and Coasts (2025). DOI: 10.1007/s12237-025-01511-6 ...

But salt marshes, which are coastal wetlands flooded and drained by salt water from the tides, can shield buildings and homes. “When Hurricane Sandy hit, if we didn’t have salt marshes there, a lot of ...

Yet, in many parts of the world, salt marshes are disappearing due to rising sea levels — a result of human-induced climate change — which leads to the erosion of these coastal habitats.

Massachusetts has about 45,000 acres of salt marsh — coastal wetlands that are regularly flooded and drained as salt water ebbs ... a shellfish expert at the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary ...

Sustainable coastal protection through a combination of salt marshes and dykes Jan 21, 2021 Some coastal salt marshes are keeping up with sea level rise—for now ...

Marberry has been exploring Tillamook’s coastal estuaries where freshwater mixes with the salt for the past four years. “I personally have taken people aged five to age 80,” said Marberry.

Signs in the Carpinteria Salt Marsh ... the tidal marshes are its deep yogic breaths. Estuary ... restoration of the 54-acre North Campus Open Space increased Santa Barbara County’s coastal ...

A “managed realignment” scheme at Abbotts Hall in 2002 saw old sea walls breached in five spots along a 3km (1.9 mile) stretch to create nearly 50 hectares of new saltmarsh and intertidal ...

Remarkable changes have occurred in the landscape as these adorable animals recolonize their former habitat in the Elkhorn Slough, a salt marsh-dominated coastal estuary in Monterey County.