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.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Nature Conservancy of Connecticut has unveiled its $4 million plan to transform and restore marshes and an estuary at Rocky Neck State Park.

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.

How tiny fossils in Oregon’s coastal marshes could help ... This estuary just north of Lincoln City has ... and they’re looking for the evidence to back up their hunch in local salt marshes.

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 ...