Spring is a lovely time to go to the coast. Most of us gravitate towards the beaches, but it can also be fun to visit the salt marshes that line our coastline — estuaries, where rivers meet the sea.

A drone photograph shows residential docks spanning a salt marsh in Wrightsville Beach. Salt marshes in North Carolina are being pushed back by rising sea waters, but aren’t always able to retreat due ...

A hike over Morse Mountain to Seawall Beach in Phippsburg is one of the most unique treks in midcoast Maine. If you extend the outing with a walk on the beach, the journey approximates five miles and ...

Sea levels are rising not only on average, but also in their seasonal fluctuations. This is a lesser-known trend that could have major consequences for mudflats, salt marshes and other coastal ...

Salt marshes are an integral part of New England’s coastal ecosystem, but the erosion of some marshes is affecting their ability to protect habitats and humans. Get NHPR's reporting about politics, ...

The world lost 1,453 square kilometers (561 square miles) of salt marsh between 2000 and 2019, an area twice the size of Singapore, according to a new study based on satellite imagery. In addition to ...

Tidal salt marshes are fairly common across the Mid-Atlantic. These coastal ecosystems provide habitat for plants, birds and fish. Existing at the intersection of land and sea, tidal salt marshes act ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. May 30—IPSWICH — Geoff Wilson stood along the edge of a ditch a few hundred feet into the Great Salt Marsh by Crane Beach, looking ...

This article was originally featured on Hakai Magazine, an online publication about science and society in coastal ecosystems. Read more stories like this at hakaimagazine.com. On January 26, 1700, ...

Salt marshes sequester significant carbon in their sediment — more per hectare than tropical rainforests. They protect the land from storm surges and sea level rise, and they shelter a variety of ...

A few years ago, for reasons nobody fully understood, salt marshes in the Southeast started turning into barren mudflats, where the few remaining patches of grass were covered with hordes of snails. A ...