As communities across the Southeast United States and the Caribbean count the cost of flood and wind damage during Hurricane Matthew, a pioneering study led by scientists at UC Santa Cruz, Coastal ...

While coastal wetlands serve as effective 'blue carbon' storage reservoirs for carbon dioxide, other marine ecosystems do not store carbon for long periods of time, a new analysis suggests. In the ...

With the Atlantic hurricane season well under way and Tropical Storm Harvey causing devastation in Texas, a new scientific study reports that coastal wetlands significantly reduce annual flood losses ...

Widespread beaver dams are showing up in Pacific Northwest coastal wetlands, where they may create sheltered habitat that ...

April 14, 2014 — For the past 25 years, every U.S. president beginning with George H. W. Bush has upheld a straightforward, three-word policy for protecting the nation’s sensitive and valuable ...

UCSC researchers set up an “eddy covariance” tower in Elkhorn Slough with instruments for measuring environmental parameters, including the flux of carbon dioxide and methane into and out of the ...

When Florence slogged ashore in North Carolina last week, coastal wetlands offered one of the best lines of defense against the hurricane's waves and surge. A new study predicts such wetlands will ...

Coastal wetlands -- such as salt marshes -- provide even more flood protection than previously thought, reducing risks to lives and homes in estuaries, a new study reveals. Research showed that ...

Wetlands have flourished along the world’s coastlines for thousands of years, playing valuable roles in the lives of people and wildlife. They protect the land from storm surge, stop seawater from ...

Coastal wetlands don’t cover much global area but they punch well above their carbon weight by sequestering the most atmospheric carbon dioxide of all natural ecosystems. Termed “blue carbon ...

With the Atlantic hurricane season well under way and Tropical Storm Harvey causing devastation in Texas, a new scientific study reports that coastal wetlands significantly reduce annual flood losses ...