A linear relationship between wave power and erosion determines salt-marsh resilience to violent storms and hurricanes

N Leonardi, NK Ganju… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Salt marsh losses have been documented worldwide because of land use change, wave
erosion, and sea-level rise. It is still unclear how resistant salt marshes are to extreme storms …

An asymmetry in wave scaling drives outsized quantities of coastal wetland erosion

RA Feagin, KA Chang, TP Huff, I Rodriguez-Iturbe… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Wetland shorelines around the world are susceptible to wave erosion. Previous work has
suggested that the lateral erosion rate of their cliff-like edges can be predicted as a function …