Dead roots double shoreline loss in Gulf

Tuesday, May 28, 2019 - 19:07 in Earth & Climate

A new study finds that the loss of marsh-edge salt grasses and mangroves due to disturbances such as heavy oiling from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill doubles the rate of shoreline erosion in hard-hit marshes.

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