Blue carbon ecosystems such as mangroves, salt marshes and sea grasses absorb and store carbon, helping fight climate change.

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.

WOODS HOLE, MASS. -- Cape Cod’s salt marshes are as iconic as they are important. These beautiful, low-lying wetlands are some of the most biologically productive ecosystems on Earth. They play an ...

The world lost 1,453 square kilometers (561 square miles) of salt marsh between 2000 and 2019, an area twice the size of Singapore, according to a new study based on satellite imagery. In addition to ...

Tidal salt marshes are fairly common across the Mid-Atlantic. These coastal ecosystems provide habitat for plants, birds and fish. Existing at the intersection of land and sea, tidal salt marshes act ...

AMHERST, Mass. — In the race to combat global climate change, much attention has been given to natural “carbon sinks:” those primarily terrestrial areas of the globe that absorb and sequester more ...

Changes in salt-marsh areas around the world between 2000 and 2019 were quantified using satellite records, and the effects of these changes — collectively representing a slowing net global loss — on ...

Salt marshes are not only critical wildlife and fisheries habitat, but they’re also a bulwark against the effects of climate change and rising sea levels. That’s why The Trustees have partnered with ...

A Mi'kmaw land trust has purchased a southeastern New Brunswick salt marsh near Dorchester for protection and conservation by ...

YORK, Maine — The York Land Trust and a coalition of environmental partners are working to revitalize 132 acres of degraded salt marsh on the upper York River. "The York Land Trust is very excited for ...

CARTERET COUNTY, N.C. (WITN) - A non-profit on the coast is now one step closer to creating a first-of-its-kind sustainable salt marsh nursery. The North Carolina Coastal Federation’s Stacia Strong ...

In the race to combat global climate change, much attention has been given to natural 'carbon sinks:' those primarily terrestrial areas of the globe that absorb and sequester more carbon than they ...