Blue carbon ecosystems such as mangroves, salt marshes and sea grasses absorb and store carbon, helping fight climate change.

A drone photograph shows residential docks spanning a salt marsh in Wrightsville Beach. Salt marshes in North Carolina are being pushed back by rising sea waters, but aren’t always able to retreat due ...

AMHERST, Mass. — In the race to combat global climate change, much attention has been given to natural “carbon sinks:” those primarily terrestrial areas of the globe that absorb and sequester more ...

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 ...

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 ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Off the Caribbean coast of Colombia, rare manatee calves have been spotted in the ...

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 ...

On a recent weekend, a family went fishing feet away from a salt marsh in the northwest corner of Carolina Beach State Park, about 20 minutes south of downtown Wilmington. They were likely unaware ...

In the race to combat global climate change, much attention has been given to natural 'carbon sinks:' those primarily terrestrial areas of the globe that absorb and sequester more carbon than they ...