Salt marshes are highly productive intertidal wetlands providing important ecological
services for maintaining coastal biodiversity, buffering against oceanic storms, and acting as …

Part 1 of this review synthesizes recent research on status and climate vulnerability of
freshwater and saltwater wetlands, and their contribution to addressing climate change …

Ghost forests created by the submergence of low-lying land are one of the most striking
indicators of climate change along the Atlantic coast of North America. Although dead trees …

Coastal marshes are considered to be among the most valuable and vulnerable ecosystems
on Earth, where the imminent loss of ecosystem services is a feared consequence of sea …

The future impacts of climate change on landfalling tropical cyclones are unclear.
Regardless of this uncertainty, flooding by tropical cyclones will increase as a result of …

This review evaluates the importance of plants and associated biological processes in
determining the vulnerability of coastal wetlands to sea-level rise. Coastal wetlands occur …

The world's coastlines are shaped by mean sea level, wave conditions, storm surge, and
riverflows. Climate change (CC) driven variations in these environmental forcings will …

Coastal Louisiana has lost about 5,000 km2 of wetlands over the past century and concern
exists whether remaining wetlands will persist while facing some of the world's highest rates …

Mangroves occur on upper intertidal shorelines in the tropics and subtropics. Complex
hydrodynamic and salinity conditions, related primarily to elevation and hydroperiod …

For more than a century, coastal wetlands have been recognized for their ability to stabilize
shorelines and protect coastal communities. However, this paradigm has recently been …