In estuaries—the transitional zones between rivers and the sea—fresh and salt water are constantly battling for dominance. But due to climate change, the saltwater is gaining ground. New research by ...

Worldwide over the past 35 years, dams and land reclamation activities have converted 250,000 acres of estuary—an area roughly 17 times the size of Manhattan—to urban land or agricultural fields, with ...

This week is National Estuaries Week, a campaign to increase public awareness of estuaries and to encourage people to become ...

Estuaries help support the nation’s economy and climate resilience through benefits like jobs, flood protection, and coastal blue carbon storage. Nearly 40 percent of Americans live near or on an ...

In the popular imagination, estuaries don’t have the prestige or the romanticism of their two constituent parts: the rivers that feed them with freshwater from one side, the ocean that injects salty ...

Estuaries and their surrounding wetlands are bodies of water usually found where rivers meet the sea. Estuaries are home to unique plant and animal communities that have adapted to brackish water—a ...

Scientists say the rapid change could have negative effects on fisheries and aquaculture, and impact coastal vegetation Water in estuaries along 1,100km of Australia’s south-east coast warmed by more ...

Estuaries on the south-east coast of Australia are warming at twice the rate of oceans and the atmosphere, a new study has found. Researchers say the apparent accelerated impact from climate change on ...

Study reveals repurposing of ecologically vital land for homes or agriculture is happening particularly rapidly in Asia Estuaries – the place where a river meets the ocean – are often called the ...

Ten estuaries on the West Coast of North America have been identified as priority locations for expanding the use of conservation aquaculture in a study led by the Native Olympia Oyster Collaborative ...

While most commercial fishing occurs at sea, the seafood on our plates does not often start in the big blue ocean - it starts where the rivers meet the sea. The special places where freshwater rivers ...