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 more

Posted 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