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 ...
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 ...
A new study has found that sea otters are helping to slow down salt marsh erosion in Elkhorn Slough in California by eating burrowing crabs. Drawing on a range of data sources, which included surveys ...