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Researchers have revealed the declining health of coastal marshes several years before visible signs of decline, providing an ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
The “Marsh Ruins,” as they are called, are arguably the masterwork of the painter and sculptor Beverly Buchanan.She built them in 1981, her own intervention in a charged landscape.
Trying to pick a favorite view along Georgia's coast is nearly impossible, but we selected four that will take your breath away.