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SC's saltmarsh sparrows are going extinct. What do they tell us about a changing climate?
Low marshes flood once a day, with the coming of the daily high tide. The salt marsh ecosystem is not stagnant. It grows, shrinks, moves and evolves with the changing climate. But the Earth is ...
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Protective salt marshes along coasts are in danger across the globe but it's not too late to act, researchers say
Preserving and restoring salt marshes is essential not only for wildlife protection and natural flood mitigation, but also for the numerous ecosystem services—such as carbon storage, bird ...
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Intertidal salt marshes as an important source of inorganic carbon to the coastal ocean
Dynamic tidal export of dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) to the coastal ocean from highly productive intertidal marshes and its effects on seawater carbonate chemistry are thoroughly evaluated. The ...
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Trophic Cascades Across Diverse Plant Ecosystems
Of these ecosystems, those dominated by plants (e.g., tundra, deciduous and coniferous forest, rain forest, grasslands, seagrass beds, mangroves, and salt marshes) are typically green in ...
Research reveals role of spartina marsh in horseshoe crab reproduction
When water temperatures rise to 60 degrees and level off after the last cold snaps of winter, the coastline welcomes ...
The Government of Canada works to protect British Columbia's aquatic ecosystems through projects under the Aquatic Ecosystems Restoration Fund (AERF)
The health of our oceans and waterways is essential to sustaining aquatic species and ecosystems, and plays a crucial role in our own health and well-being. Canada's Oceans Protection Plan is ...
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New England’s salt marshes store 10 million cars’ worth of carbon—and add another 15,000-worth every year
While scientists have long known that coastal salt marshes are just such a sink for “blue carbon,” or carbon stored in the ocean and coastal ecosystems, it has been difficult to get an ...
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New England's salt marshes store 10 million cars' worth of carbon -- and add another 15,000-worth every year
While scientists have long known that coastal salt marshes are just such a sink for 'blue carbon,' or carbon stored in the ocean and coastal ecosystems, it has been difficult to get an accurate ...