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Saving vital marshlands along Intracoastal Waterway

Saving vital marshlands along Intracoastal Waterway

Researchers hope that using dredged sediment can both restore marshes and maintain the East Coast’s marine highway.

Mac Carey reports for Undark Magazine.

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Finding climate fixes in the Boundary Bay marsh

Something as simple as removing driftwood can heal ecosystems and help coastal communities adapt to climate change, say experts.
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Low salt marsh habitats release more carbon in response to warming, a new study finds

Salt marshes, excellent reservoirs of carbon, are living ecosystems with vegetation and microscopic organisms that live, breathe, poop and die in the marsh mud.

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Rethinking the resilience of salt marshes

The painstakingly slow recovery of an Oregon marsh raises new worries about how delicate these ecosystems can be.
Connecticut saltwater marsh restoration

New England once took salt marshes for granted. But tides are changing.

The Great Meadows Marsh in Stratford was treated as an ugly nuisance for years, but now it’s the focus of a $4 million restoration project.
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