Faced with sea level rise and the intensification of extreme events, human populations living
on the coasts are developing responses to address local situations. A synthesis of the …

Coastal marine ecosystems provide critical goods and services to humanity but many are
experiencing rapid degradation. The need for effective restoration tools capable of …

Around the world, coastal urbanization continues to replace natural marine habitats with
engineered structures, resulting in wholesale changes to shallow-water ecosystems and …

Heavy metal (HM) pollution in coastal ecosystems have posed threats to organisms and
human worldwide. This study comprehensively investigated the concentrations, sources …

Coastal wetlands including salt marshes are among the most productive ecosystems on
Earth. They are known for improving the quality of coastal water and provisioning coastal …

Climate change and coastal urbanization are driving the replacement of natural habitats with
artificial structures and reclaimed land globally. These novel habitats are often poor …

The global lockdown to mitigate COVID-19 pandemic health risks has altered human
interactions with nature. Here, we report immediate impacts of changes in human activities …

Globally, there is growing interest in restoring previously widespread oyster reefs to reinstate
key ecosystem services such as shoreline protection, fisheries productivity and water …

Efforts are accelerating to protect and restore ecosystems globally. With trillions of dollars in
ecosystem services at stake, no clear framework exists for developing or prioritizing …

Building realistic and reliable models of the subsurface is the primary goal of seismic
imaging. We have constructed an ensemble of convolutional neural networks (CNNs) to …