Saltwater marshes protect communities from flooding, and provide habitat for birds and fish. (Courtesy of Ducks Unlimited) Environmentalists from Ducks Unlimited and other organizations are using $500 ...

Between 28 and 57 percent of the state’s coastal marshes could disappear by the end of the century, victims of a rising sea, coastal development and polluted runoff.

Saving shrimp, crabs, and oysters one salt marsh at a time is the main goal of the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) after finalizing a saltwater marsh conservation plan. The ...

Researchers have revealed the declining health of coastal marshes several years before visible signs of decline, providing an ...

“While the drought’s in place, mosquitoes continually laying eggs in the marsh. All the cracks and everything just full of eggs just waiting for water. And in October when the coastal tides got real ...

For many of the brackish and saltwater marshes near the Gulf of Mexico, there’s been a clear uptick in land losses since around 2015. Chart shows estuarine marshes in the Terrebonne, Barataria ...

When saltwater intrudes onto cropland, large swaths are rendered unsuitable for crop production. Visible salt patches appear on the soil, and, in some cases, areas once used for growing crops may ...

But working in a marsh is difficult, and farmers often had to wait for the water to freeze before bringing tractors out onto the ice to harvest. Zander’s idea is simple: plant the grasses a little ...

Trying to pick a favorite view along Georgia's coast is nearly impossible, but we selected four that will take your breath away.

Saltwater marsh credits are much more expensive than freshwater credits, and the Point Farm Mitigation Bank would be only the second saltwater mitigation bank in the state.

But marshes farther from the sea are growing in elevation, like a healthy wetland should. Sea level rise is driven both by land sinking - or subsidence - and the rising of the ocean.