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New England's salt marshes store 10 million cars' worth of carbon—and add another 15,000 cars' worth every year

In the race to combat global climate change, much attention has been given to natural carbon sinks: those primarily terrestrial areas of the globe that absorb and sequester more carbon than they ...
The Boston Globe

Coastal flooding ravages New England. Can salt marshes help?

Like many coastal communities, New Hampshire’s Seacoast has a flooding problem. Coastal areas are vulnerable to storms and sea level rise that threaten infrastructure, property, and natural habitats.
Post and Courier

Editorial: South Carolina needs a plan to save our salt marshes

A defining feature of South Carolina's coast is the roughly 350,000 acres of salt marshes that line our rivers and tidal creeks, and no one seems to know for sure how healthy they really are or how ...
EurekAlert!

New England’s salt marshes store 10 million cars’ worth of carbon—and add another 15,000-worth every year

AMHERST, Mass. — In the race to combat global climate change, much attention has been given to natural “carbon sinks:” those primarily terrestrial areas of the globe that absorb and sequester more ...