Between the land and ocean, diverse coastal ecosystems transform, store, and transport
material. Across these interfaces, the dynamic exchange of energy and matter is driven by …

Marine transgression associated with rising sea levels causes coastal erosion, landscape
transitions, and displacement of human populations globally. This process takes two general …

Landward migration of coastal ecosystems in response to sea-level rise is altering coastal
carbon dynamics. Although such landscapes rapidly accumulate soil carbon, barrier-island …

Coastal marshes and seagrass beds store millions of tons of carbon in their sediments and
sequester carbon at higher per-area rates than most terrestrial ecosystems. There is …

Context Ecotones are boundary zones formed where overlap between neighboring
ecosystems creates an intermediate ecosystem with unique ecological characteristics …

Barrier islands cover a large fraction of US coasts and support unique ecosystems and
coastal infrastructure. The 'barrier'function of a barrier island depends on coastal dunes that …

Sea level rise alters coastal carbon cycling by driving the rapid migration of coastal
ecosystems, salinization of freshwater systems, and replacement of terrestrial forests with …

Coastal landscapes are naturally shifting mosaics of distinct ecosystems that are rapidly
migrating with sea-level rise. Previous work illustrates that transitions among individual …

Barrier response to sea-level rise involves a dynamic interplay between the shoreface and
the subaerial portion affected by overwashing. Focusing on feedbacks between these two …

Coastal wetlands have sediments that contain organic matter preserved against
decomposition for timespans that can range up to millennia. This “blue carbon” in wetland …