That marsh can then help to slow the movement of water down along the shore and protect it from eroding. That’s just one of the many important functions of a salt marsh.

City environmental officials finished restoring three acres of wetlands in Fort Sparrow Marsh to improve the health of ...

City environmental officials finished restoring three acres of wetlands in Fort Sparrow Marsh to improve the health of ...

An experiment is underway near Parris Island to reduce erosional pressure of the mighty ocean-powered tidal river on the ...

"Marsh migration is already occurring, the coastal edge moving inland and we're losing trees. Protecting them is really important to climate mitigation," Ferguson said.

The salt marshes that are vitally important in protecting shorelines from erosion are increasingly threatened with death by drowning, scientists say. Sea level rise and human activities such as ...

New England’s salt marshes store 10 million cars’ worth of carbon—and add another 15,000-worth every year Scientists at UMass Amherst are first to accurately use satellites to quantify ...

1 Most studies of salt marsh plant zonation have been at middle to high latitudes of the northern hemisphere, in euhaline or periodically hypersaline marshes with regular tides. In this study, we ...

Join The Post and Courier at 11:15 a.m. June 3 at the Ocean Reef Resort in Myrtle Beach for a panel discussion about salt marshes and the region's future.