Estuaries are dynamic ecosystems that have some of the highest biotic diversity and levels of production in the world. Humans have had a long relationship with the ebb and flow of estuaries around ...

What is the state of estuarine ecosystem restoration? Many estuaries show no significant ecological improvement despite many years of extensive restoration and conservation efforts. Increasing ...

A new study is predicting estuaries along the East Coast of the U.S. will experience marine heat wave conditions up to a third of the year by the end of the century.

The key is found in estuaries, those beautiful coastal areas where freshwater and saltwater mix. It turns out, the difference in salt concentration between the two water sources can be used to gen ...

Projections warn that "much of the open ocean could reach a near-permanent" marine heat wave state by the end of this century ...

Estuaries are possibly one of the most productive environments on earth, with many unique communities of plants and animals adapted to living where freshwater rivers and sea meet. They provide a ...

Estuaries are partially enclosed bodies of water where salty ocean and fresh river water mix, leaving an area rich for life in well-recognized and microscopic forms. Many of these microorganisms ...

Global warming is increasing ocean temperatures at a rate that could have dire consequences for the largest estuary in the United States, according to a new study from t Institute of Marine Science.

Wetlands, rivers, lakes, and coastal estuaries are all aquatic ecosystems—critical elements of Earth’s dynamic processes and essential to human economies and health. Wetlands connect land and ...