A pair of bald eagles circled over Narrow Bay in Mastic Beach on a recent day, the placid water below glistening in the late-morning sun. In spring's pastoral charm, you would never know these ...

There are 12 houses total in the gated island community. The 0.45-acre property faces a large salt marsh and Long Island Sound and has a private beach. Aside from the bodies of water provided by ...

Visible salt patches appear on the soil, and, in some cases, areas once used for growing crops may fully convert into marshes. At the University of Delaware, Pinki Mondal, associate professor and ...

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCSC) - The long stretch of salt marshes you see driving over Lowcountry bridges serve many purposes for the ecosystem, but their treatment is often overlooked. The South ...

that “will quantify the impact of salt marshes on nitrogen levels in Long Island Sound embayments.” A $838,517 grant was awarded for a project, under Beth A. Lawrence of the University of ...

MIT researchers discovered that restoring salt marshes in front of seawalls significantly reduces construction costs and enhances storm protection. Their study demonstrates that even small marsh areas ...

By Lily Ford Yellowstone star Kelly Reilly will lead a new Sky Original crime thriller titled Under Salt Marsh. “Under Salt Marsh is a crime thriller set in a community deeply connected to its ...

He and other researchers at Woods Hole estimate that 90% of the world’s salt marshes could be underwater by the end of the century. Long Island conservation groups are working to prevent that ...

“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 ...

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.