Within a decade, the marshes had been reduced to barren land and the livelihood of the Ma’dan was gone. “Most of the buffalo died and those that stayed alive were sold,” says Al-Asadi ...

Likewise, marsh grasses adapt to changes in marsh elevation ... The team published their study on December 11, 2024 in the journal Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Research. "In saltmarshes of eastern ...

While scientists have long known that coastal salt marshes are just such a sink for "blue carbon," or carbon stored in the ocean and coastal ecosystems, it has been difficult to get an accurate ...

Work would take place over the next five to 10 years, according to the proposal. Marsh land provides habitat for birds, fish, plants and other wildlife; the restoration work is intended to ...