Salt marshes ... world's salt marshes are likely to be underwater by the end of the century. The findings come from a 50-year study in Great Sippewissett Marsh in Falmouth, Massachusetts.

Trustees on the Coast is working to heal the Great Marsh. Old farmers’ ditches have weakened the marsh by impacting the natural draining process. The idea is to remediate the ditches so the ...

As the coastal coordinator of the Upper North Shore of the Massachusetts ... He'll highlight salt pannes and pools and their value to shorebirds. "The Great Marsh is in fact a major stopover ...

“If something isn’t done to counter those forces, this will be gone.” Salt marshes also play a critical role absorbing and storing carbon dioxide in the ground, keeping greenhouse gases that ...

In addition to providing wildlife habitat and numerous ecosystem services, salt marshes store a great deal of carbon ... according to a recent study based on the maps. Previously, up-to-date ...

Now, a team of scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has debuted a new, highly accurate method for quantifying carbon capture in the Northeast's salt marshes—and it's a lot.

If scientists can eradicate the intruder — stopping its spread from Massachusetts where hundreds of thousands grow just below the border — the delicate salt marsh ecosystems of New Hampshire ...

Salt marshes ... Woods Hole, Massachusetts. With each seasonal increase in temperature recorded over a 16-month period, researchers found more carbon dioxide emitted from the low marsh (areas ...