One of the signs of spring is the emergence of coastal salt marshes. While not verdant green, they do contain plenty of life — and support plenty more of it. Salt marshes may not be the most ...

While scientists have long known that coastal salt marshes are just such a sink for "blue carbon," or carbon stored in the ocean and coastal ecosystems, it has been difficult to get an accurate ...

While only 157,500 acres of those 5 million acres are tidal (tidal flats, salt marsh, brackish marsh, aquatic beds, beach bars and reefs), the state has also retained large stretches of salt marsh ...