New England's salt marshes store 10 million cars' worth of carbon—and add another 15,000 cars' worth every year
In the race to combat global climate change, much attention has been given to natural carbon sinks: those primarily ...
SC's saltmarsh sparrows are going extinct. What do they tell us about a changing climate?
On an average, it takes up to 12 years to add a species to the federal Endangered Species list, a backlog activists say puts ...
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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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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 ...
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A complex task: Carbon sequestration in marshes depends on many variables
In the forest ecosystem, taller trees grow over decades ... the variability in net carbon sequestration between different salt marshes is due to changes in differences in relative marsh elevation ...
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Mysterious Geometric Patterns Carved into New Jersey’s Coastal Marshes Explained
From above, New Jersey’s coastal wetlands and marshes present a striking and perplexing sight: a network of mysterious squares and straight lines cutting ...
Restoration of seagrass, saltmarsh ecosystems for coastal biodiversity protection under spotlight in Odisha
A brainstorming workshop, conducted in both physical and virtual modes, brought together key stakeholders, experts, and policymakers to deliberate on ecosystem-based solutions for coastal resilience ...
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John Muir Land Trust Announces Acquisition of Point Buckler
In May we’ll open it as a unique opportunity for nature lovers to experience a salt marsh ecosystem firsthand. Last month JMLT acquired Hoover Ranch, a 600-acre haven for native waterfowl and ...
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New England's salt marshes store 10 million cars' worth of carbon -- and add another 15,000-worth every year
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 ...
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New England's salt marshes store 10 million cars' worth of carbon—and add another 15,000 cars' 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 ...
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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 ...