Salt Marshes
- According to a new research, more than 90 per cent of salt marshes may soon succumb to sea level rise by the turn of the century.
- Salt marshes are coastal wetlands that are flooded and drained by salt water brought in by the tides.
- They are marshy because the soil may be composed of deep mud and peat. Peat is made of decomposing plant matter that is often several feet thick.
- They protect shorelines from erosion by buffering wave action and trapping sediments.
- They reduce flooding by slowing and absorbing rainwater and protect water quality by filtering runoff, and ....
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