The Fens are a food-growing powerhouse, but the landscape only exists thanks to humans holding back the sea.
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The Moss Landing battery fire became an unintended experiment – showing how burning lithium-ion cells scattered nickel, cobalt and manganese over a protected marsh.
The administration wants to cut funding for programs that help communities adapt to wildfire risk, sea-level rise and invasive species, among many other risks.
A coastal scientist explains why marshes, mangroves and other wetlands can’t keep up with the effects of climate change, and how human infrastructure is making it harder for them to survive.
The US Supreme Court opens its 2022-2023 term with a case that could greatly reduce federal protection for wetlands. Here is what makes these ecosystems valuable.
Somerset Wetlands national nature reserve merges and extends six existing protected sites.
Birds found along the Gulf Coast have evolved to ride out hurricanes and tropical storms. But with development degrading the marshes where they live, it’s getting harder for them to bounce back.
The 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill caused widespread damage in the Gulf of Mexico, but some parts of this complex ecosystem fared better than others.
In a world-first, scientists have counted the greenhouse gas absorbed and emitted by Australia’s mangroves, seagrass and other ocean ecosystems.
As climate change speeds up tropical storm cycles, rivers and bays have less time to process nutrients and pollutants that wash into them after each event.
Federal and state agencies are carrying out a 35-year, multi-billion-dollar plan to restore Florida’s Everglades, but have not factored sea level rise or other climate change impacts into their plans.
Phragmites australis, an invasive reed, has taken over wetlands across the US. But it also stabilizes shorelines and harbors many fish and birds. Is it time to compromise with this alien?
The Trump administration is sharply reducing environmental protection for wetlands and streams across the US. This roundup of stories spotlights the many benefits that such water bodies provide.
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Professor of Marine Geology, San José State University
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Professor of Marine and Environmental Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Research Associate Professor in Coastal Geology, Florida International University
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Distinguished Professor of Marine Science, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
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Professor in Natural Sciences, Bangor University
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Assistant Professor of aquatic ecology, Utah State University
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Principal Researcher, Coastal Ecology, Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Blanes (CEAB-CSIC)
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Professor of Marine Ecology, Edith Cowan University
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Professor Emerita of Biological Sciences, Rutgers University - Newark
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Science Integrator, Integration and Application Network, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
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Associate Professor of Marine Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Professor of Biology, The University of Queensland
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Assistant Research Professor of Ecosystem Science and Management, Penn State
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Assistant Research Professor, Mississippi State University
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Associate Professor of Wildlife Ecology and Management, Mississippi State University