Coastal ecosystems are undergoing a process known as a coastal squeeze. Beaches face a combination of rising sea levels ...

Ecological communities on the Oregon coast are being subtly destabilized by the pressures of climate change despite giving an appearance of stress resistance, new research shows. Ecological ...

Keystone species play an outsized role in the ecosystem, affecting the natural balance in ways that cannot easily be replaced.

Ocean ecosystems form a huge active carbon sink and play a critical role in the global carbon cycle and climate. Blue carbon refers to the carbon captured and stored by marine ecosystems, including ...

A new greenhouse gas budget shows coastal ecosystems globally are a net greenhouse gas sink for carbon dioxide (CO2) but emissions of methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) counteract some of the CO2 ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Students from the University of Alabama Laboratory for Autonomy, GNC, and Estimation Research (LAGER) program are taking to the skies to survey our local beaches in a unique way.

On the Crystal River in western Florida, the shells of 20 to 30 million oysters once sat in an enormous mound. Today, a large portion of the mound is still intact, and it represents just one piece of ...

A first-of-its-kind, high-resolution mapping analysis estimates the amounts of nitrogen and pathogens released into coastal ecosystems from human wastewater sources around the world. Cascade Tuholske ...

Defend Ballona Wetlands Calls for Cancellation of Marina del Rey New Year’s Eve Fireworks to Protect Wildlife and Coastal Ecosystems. Fireworks are not the only way to celebrate. Proven, visually ...

Rep. Mike Levin has joined colleagues in Florida, Oregon and Virginia in a bipartisan effort to increase federal protections for coastal and estuary habitats like the San Elijo Lagoon in North County.

Blue Carbon refers to organic carbon captured and stored by the ocean in vegetated coastal ecosystems such as mangrove forests, saltmarshes or seagrass meadows. In these Blue Carbon ecosystems, ...