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Oct 24, 2012
Landmark Study Shows Collapse of East Coast Salt Marshes Due to Excess Nutrients
In a paper published in the journal Nature, scientists explain why salt marshes have been disintegrating during the past two decades along the U.S. Eastern seaboard and other highly developed coastlines. Unexpectedly, they discovered that nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus from septic and sewer systems and lawn fertilizers can cause salt marsh loss. Read morePosted in: Sustainability & the Environment, Research Development & Communications, Research Spotlight
Tags: 2012, Dept. of Natural Resources and the Environment, EOS Water Systems Analysis Group, Rob Stewart, Stanley Glidden, Wilfred Wollheim