Salty soils are causing reduced crop density, lower yields and barren lands unable to sustain crop growth. Sea level rise, intense storm surges and the overextraction of groundwater are driving this ...

The Nature Conservancy of Connecticut has unveiled its $4 million plan to transform and restore marshes and an estuary at ...

With diamond-patterned shells and speckled skin, these stunning turtles are a keystone species in the salt marshes and mangroves where they live. They help keep these ecosystems healthy by eating ...

Salt marshes are among coastal habitats endangered ... "At the same time, the same plant species and habitats occur from New England along the East Coast all the way through the Gulf of Mexico ...

The long-term ecological goal would be to restore the salt marsh, remove invasive and counterproductive plant species and replace them with native plants to restore animal habitats, thereby improving ...

This is the only native bird species that breeds solely in the salt marshes of the Northeast. But rising sea levels, climate change and human development have destroyed much of the bird’s habitat ...

In an experiment, they selected plants of 7-10 centimeters ... In Hokkaido, glasswort seeds in marshes near the sea germinate after being exposed to seawater whose salt concentration level is ...