Healthy coastal ecosystems play crucial roles in the U.S. economy, from supporting multibillion-dollar fisheries and tourism industries to protecting coastlines from storms. They're also difficult to ...

Here in the UK, we have lots of coastal habitats ... to the rock so they don't get washed away by strong waves. And what's this? It's a starfish! Can you see it move? No? That's because it ...

For these populations, particularly in Asia, the wellbeing of coastal ecosystems, including seagrass meadows and mangrove forests, has swiftly become a leading catalyst for both innovation and ...

2010). Duarte et al. (2009) asserted that, because of multiple shifting baselines, the restoration of coastal ecosystems to an idealized past reference status after removal of human-induced ...

They focused on a group of organisms that form the very basis of Arctic coastal ecosystems -- brown macroalgae, known as kelps, which form dense and extensive underwater forests along rocky ...

Florida Oceanographic Coastal Center helping preserve state's ecosystem "Our mission as an organization is to inspire environmental stewardship of Florida's coastal ecosystems through education ...

In addition to providing goods and services measurable in monetary terms, coral reefs, mangroves, seagrass meadows and wetlands deliver critical ecosystem services such as coastal protection and ...

Japan’s 2011 tsunami affected both the rich coastal ecosystems of northeastern Japan and the local communities reliant upon them. The destruction to the landscape wreaked by the tsunami that ...

"But these ecosystems are at risk—from coastal development and harmful algal blooms, to heat waves and boats running aground on sensitive habitats, like seagrass. Iconic recreational fish like ...