Although sea otters only recently recolonized their historic habitat in the Elkhorn Sough, they’re already benefiting the ecosystem. (Htrnr via iStock) Sea otters are making an impact as they return ...

Faunal organisms such as the humble mussel often play an underappreciated yet important role in protecting and building coastal ecosystems, according to a new study led by the Carbon Containment Lab ...

A critical shoreline feature responsible for habitat and coastal community protection is eroding at an alarming rate. A group of organizations along with the state have embarked on a mission to ...

There has been a movement afoot for some time to protect 27 acres of unique coastal ecosystem in Midway from encroaching development Santa Rosa Commissioner Colten Wright has proposed using $1 million ...

Salt marshes, excellent reservoirs of carbon, are living ecosystems with vegetation and microscopic organisms that live, breathe, poop and die in the marsh mud. “This is a place where you could get ...

Salt marshes are some of the most biologically productive ecosystems on Earth. They play an outsized role in nitrogen cycling, act as carbon sinks, protect coastal development from storm surge, and ...

Burial of aboveground plant litter by animals reduces the amount available for surface transport and places it into a different environment, affecting decomposition rates and fluxes of organic matter ...

KIAWAH ISLAND — Aaron Given trudged through frigid, ankle-high water as dawn climbed lazily over the eastern horizon, tinting the salt marshes golden-red as it bloomed. The sun offered little warmth ...

Scientists, local officials and conservation leaders will gather at the end of the month to discuss the health and restoration of salt marsh ecosystems in Pleasant Bay and across Cape Cod. The ...

This piece was shared as part of the series Sinking in Saltwater, co-published by The Maine Monitor and Portland Press Herald, with support from the Pulitzer Center's nationwide Connected Coastlines ...

WADMALAW ISLAND — All school year, the students at Edith L. Frierson Elementary School watched the marsh grass in the school’s greenhouse grow from seeds while learning about salt marshes, including ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) – The Gulf Coast is home to a diverse ecosystem filled with abundant wildlife. The Dauphin Island Sea Lab leads excursions into those habitats right here at home. They have three ...