Salt marshes are among coastal habitats endangered by both rising sea levels and urban development. Preserving and restoring salt marshes is essential not only for wildlife protection and natural ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla — The University of North Florida’s assistant professor of biology, Dr. Scott F. Jones helped lead a recently published research study. Along with an international team of scientists ...

East Lyme — Salt marshes capture more carbon per square foot than rain forests. They act as sponges to absorb the intense rainfall more common with climate change. And they clean the polluted water ...

DAUPHIN ISLAND, Ala. (WKRG) — On the sandy shores of Aloe Bay, the serene landscape of beach and salt marsh is under increasing threat and stress. Dr. Ronald Baker, a senior marine scientist at the ...

Dr. Scott F. Jones, University of North Florida assistant professor of biology, co-led recently published research from an international team of scientists that offers a united, conceptual framework ...

Salt marshes are some of the most biologically productive ecosystems on Earth. They play an outsized role in nitrogen cycling, act as carbon sinks, protect coastal development from storm surge, and ...

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 ...

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 ...

Santa Rosa Commission unanimously approves allocating $850,000 to purchase a 27-acre Gulf Breeze property for conservation. The commission opted to use $500,000 from the county's general fund, ...

This piece was shared as part of the series Sinking in Saltwater, co-published by The Maine Monitor and Portland Press Herald, with support from the Pulitzer Center's nationwide Connected Coastlines ...

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 ...