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The State of the World’s Saltmarshes – published by WWF and Sky in collaboration with UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (UKCEH), Blue Marine Foundation, and the UN Climate Change High-Level ...
By Geographical Staff Saltmarshes – vital but often overlooked coastal ecosystems – are disappearing at an alarming rate, undermining progress on climate goals and weakening natural coastal defences.
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 ...
Primarily, the efforts focused on a 20-mile swath of beach and dunes in the McFaddin National Wildlife Refuge Beach, hydrologic restoration of the Salt Bayou Watershed and J. D. Murphree Wildlife ...
Working with researchers from the UK's Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, a WWF team installed solar-powered greenhouse gas monitoring stations on Hesketh Out Marsh, a saltmarsh in North-West ...
The UK's saltmarshes lock away climate-warming greenhouse gases in layers of mud, a new report from WWF says.
Applicants should demonstrate proven experience with EPA QAPPs or similar, salt marsh ecological restoration, hydrologic and hydraulic modeling in tidal environments, relocation and placement of ...
Respiration in intertidal salt marshes generates dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) that is exported to the coastal ocean by tidal exchange with the marsh platform. Understanding the link between ...
An elephant seal moves along the marsh along Highway 37, east of Sears Point, while Barbie Halaska and Dave Zahniser of the Marine Mammal Center try to guide it back toward tidal waters, on ...
An updated environmental impact report and a Jan. 14 public meeting will address changes in the Highway 37 project as decision-makers wrestle over its scope and funding questions.