Three heavy metals were found at concentrations thousands of times greater after the fire. The implications for wildlife hang ...

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 rise in carbon dioxide levels in our atmosphere is also helping to acidify our oceans even further, resulting in more ...

Few people appreciate that the nearby Olonne marshes form a veritable laboratory for blue carbon. Coastal salt marshes are ...

The total productivity of plants at sequestering carbon varies based on the ecosystem it lives in. To identify different ...

While a single plant is capable of fixing inorganic carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air, the entire ecosystem surrounding the ...

It encompasses environmental chemistry, soil science, ecology ... terrestrial groundwater levels affect redox potential in salt marshes, highlighting the importance of upland–marsh hydraulic ...

Research scientists at San José State University's Moss Landing Marine Laboratories said they have detected "unusually high concentrations of heavy-metal nanoparticles in marsh soils at Elkhorn ...

Interest in this “blue carbon” has been focused on mangrove forests, salt marshes and seagrass meadows because they can directly capture CO 2 and store large amounts of carbon within their soils, like ...

Sprinkling salt on the road or sidewalk after snowfall can make conditions safer for drivers and pedestrians, but can cause harm to local waterways and wildlife, London, Ont., researchers say.