Much of Boston used to be marshland like this, including the Back Bay, South Bay, Mill Pond and more. Those areas were filled ...

Salt marshes are grassy coastal wetlands with deep mud or peat that are flooded and drained by tidal salt water daily. The study tested a spatio-temporal model at Belle Isle Marsh that measured ...

Researchers have revealed the declining health of coastal marshes several years before visible signs of decline, providing an ...

The greenhead, a bloodsucking type of horsefly identifiable by their iridescent green eyeballs, have emerged from their eggs ...

Tidal salt marshes are fairly common across the Mid-Atlantic. These coastal ecosystems provide habitat for plants, birds and fish. Existing at the intersection of land and sea, tidal salt marshes act ...

Salt marshes may not be the most romantic aspect of the edge of the sea, as compared to sandy beaches or sparkling tide pools, but they do have a particular, gentle beauty.

These tides flood the salt marshes, bringing new life to one of my favorite features of a salt marsh, the salt pannes. This is also one of the best times to visit a marsh by kayak or canoe.

The Collier County Mosquito Control District says it's the worst salt marsh mosquito wave in nearly a decade — and people ...

A salt marsh grows taller by accumulating silt and mud that flows off the landscape and settles beyond the reach of currents, so a smaller watershed means less sediment, ...

Salt marshes are 10 times more effective at storing carbon than tropical forests, and, left undisturbed, can trap the gas in the ground for centuries, ...

Salt marshes lace much of the South Coast shoreline, but not in New Bedford. Development of the harbor displaced nearly all traces of them more than a century ago. Now, with climate resilience in mind ...

WHAT NEWSDAY FOUND. Brookhaven Town is planning a 147-acre salt marsh restoration in Mastic Beach to protect inland properties against surge from future storms.; The plan includes creation of ...