Dam-building beavers are known for changing their ecosystems; muskrats can substantially alter vegetation structure.

Gov. Jeff Landry's politics are undermining Louisiana's efforts to save the coast, columnist Bob Marshall writes.

Louisiana’s wetlands are undergoing restoration efforts led by various organizations, including Ducks Unlimited, to protect ...

A new AI model and satellite technology is in the process of reading 4,000 square miles of wetlands along the entire North ...

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 ...

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Many coastal wetlands worldwide -- including several on the US Atlantic coast -- may be more sensitive than previously thought to climate change and sea-level rise projections for the 21st century, ...

One of the last remaining large urban coastal wetlands on Lake Ontario received a $1.61 million boost from Ottawa earlier ...

“Ghost forest” in Nags Head Woods, North Carolina, where saltwater intrusion puts low-lying freshwater ecosystems at risk. As sea levels rise, the ecosystems nearest to the water are most at risk. In ...

U.S. Geological Survey Over the next century, sea level rise is expected to wreak havoc on the U.S. coastlines – and a new analysis shows that the Northwest is not immune. Nearly all coastal wetlands ...

Liquidambar Trees, Or Sweet Gums – deciduous trees that grace numerous front yards, parks, and campuses throughout the San ...