With one-third of the salt marshes on the U.S. Eastern Seaboard, the Georgia coast is celebrated for its natural beauty—but natural can be a deceptive concept. Humans are part of nature; to effects ...

Despite a healthy green appearance, Georgia's salt marshes are experiencing a significant decline in belowground biomass. This belowground decline is a critical warning sign that the marshes could ...

The early warning could help the ecosystems that are key to preventing flooding, UT marine science researchers say. The sun rises over a salt marsh on Sapelo Island, Georgia, in February 2023. Marshes ...

Coastal Georgia regulators want to change a rule designed to protect the state’s marshes, which serve as a buffer against storms and rising sea levels and a vital part of the coastal ecosystem. But ...

Coastal Georgia lawmakers are backing legislation that would make it easier for owners of marshland property under grants that date back to the 1700s to permanently establish that ownership. But ...