Salt marshes, excellent reservoirs of carbon, are living ecosystems with vegetation and microscopic organisms that live, breathe, poop and die in the marsh mud. “This is a place where you could get ...
The sand is an innovative solution to a strange-sounding problem: the wetlands were too wet. When water in wetlands ...
Sea otters are making an impact as they return to the wetlands of Central California. Remarkable changes have occurred in the landscape as these adorable animals recolonize their former habitat in the ...
A salt marsh harvest mouse walks across the bulrush at Grizzly Island Wildlife Area in San Francisco. (Cody Aylward/UC Davis) From species of marmots to moles, shrews and mice, many of the world’s ...
Maine salt marshes are a key tool in the fight against climate change, acting as a buffer against storms and soaking up planet-warming emissions. These reservoirs of "blue carbon" can be 10 times more ...
Hunting Island State Park is a prime spot for birdwatching. According to the Carolina Bird Club, the best spot to find egrets ...
Channelkeeper invites community members to explore the Carpinteria Salt Marsh with Bob Warner, board member and UCSB research professor; and Andrew Brooks, Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve director, at ...
Scientists have developed a tool that is able to differentiate the endangered salt marsh harvest mouse from its non-endangered doppelgänger with up to 99% accuracy. It's hard to save what you can't ...
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Pickleweed grows noticeably taller and denser in the fenced area from which crabs are excluded. (Photo by K. Beheshti) Coastal marshes are vulnerable to erosion caused by rising seas, pounding waves, ...
You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. It takes hundreds of years for a salt marsh to form, for fine sediment ...
Although sea otters only recently recolonized their historic habitat in the Elkhorn Sough, they’re already benefiting the ecosystem. (Htrnr via iStock) Sea otters are making an impact as they return ...