| 单词 | salt marsh |
| 例句 | Then they were in darkness in the center of the salt marshes. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The glory spread, the salt marsh growing visible below. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z How did they grow maize in a salt marsh, anyway? 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He wandered about through the salt marshes at the foot of the Common, circling until he came out on Beacon Hill. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z They were the weak wicks from fishermen’s cottages, who had risen early to catch a ride in the complicated creeks of the salt marsh. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z They sprayed truck gardens and dairy farms, fish ponds and salt marshes. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z For the first time he took in what that small band of redcoats, so close to the salt marsh, was about. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Directly beneath them the Great Salt Lake glittered like aluminum foil, the shoreline etched with white salt marshes that reminded Leo of aerial photos of Mars. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z In the late afternoon Mary took Will and Lyra along the riverbank, past the fishing posts where the nets were tied, and through the wide salt marsh toward the sea. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The Long Island area included within the gypsy moth spraying in 1957 consisted chiefly of heavily populated towns and suburbs and of some coastal areas with bordering salt marsh. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z It lay at the outskirts of the town, on low ground, like a rubbish dump, and as I walked up and down the gravel paths, I could smell the stagnant salt marshes in the distance. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z We lived on a Sea Island called Wadmalaw, about twenty miles from Charleston, the biggest city in South Carolina, and our house was right on the water, next to the salt marsh. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z In the sports car, as they drove through the salt marshes that led back to the coast, Mrs. Levy, pulling her blowing fur up closer around her neck said, “I’m establishing a foundation.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z What would Franklin D. Roosevelt say about a spy who lost his shoe in the salt marsh and worried aloud that his grandma would beat him? Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Colder,” she said as they passed the low salt marshes of Georgia, as if the word were a whip driving them north. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z This has to do with the fishes of salt marshes, bays, and estuaries. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z At present our answers to these questions are for the most part only conjectures, but there is growing concern about the role of pesticide pollution in estuaries, salt marshes, bays, and other coastal waters. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The woods were thinner near the sea, the terrain mostly flatlands, rolling hills, and salt marshes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It follows the ocean’s shoreline, and I look for snowy egrets standing stick-still in the salt marshes and osprey circling, hunting fish. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z When the day came, there was a difference about the salt marsh and the slob. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Others gathered the remains into shrines for secretive, candlelit prayers to the dead, whose powers are recognized by alcohol and cigarettes. salt marsh at the mouth of the Supe. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Toward the sea there are salt marshes and very few roads. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z He took the road for Cambridge, crossing desolate Charlestown Common with its salt marshes, clay pits, gallows, and gibbet. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He did notice a small group of redcoats doing something down among the salt marshes. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z When we parked we saw off to one side a marked path that meandered through the protected salt marshes. Minorca, Off the Coast of Spain, Is a Tranquil Biosphere Reserve 2012-04-13T17:28:35Z Preserves closer to the ocean are characterized by grassy salt marshes. Journeys: Network of Trails Lead Hikers to Another California 2010-07-16T19:57:00Z Past the museum, a nature trail proceeds in a three-quarter-mile loop through dense woodland, with an outlet onto a salt marsh and the waters of Cold Spring Harbor. Theodore Roosevelt’s Sagamore Hill Home Cries ‘Bully!’ 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z An undeveloped barrier island off the coast of Maryland and Virginia, Assateague is a fairy tale of sand beaches, salt marshes and celebrated wild horses. Can you plan a 2017 vacation with a 40-year-old travel guide? 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z When the salt marsh is drained and walled off from the tide it becomes grassland. Pip and Me: A Journey Into the World of ‘Great Expectations’ 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z And Minorca’s eco-diversity extends well beyond the coasts: forests, deep gorges, wetlands, salt marshes and hillsides covered in lush greenery that sometimes look more New England than Mediterranean. 2010-01-09T01:05:00Z Search for natural items in the woods, field, salt marsh and shore. Calendar: Events in Westchester 2010-08-06T22:58:00Z It’s best to visit when warm weather allows for kayaking through the salt marshes of the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, framed by the Manhattan skyline in the distance. Campsites in the Heart of New York City 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z Then they become salt marsh, the Thames estuary’s richest habitat. Pip and Me: A Journey Into the World of ‘Great Expectations’ 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z Marine Park, with its 530 acres of grassland and salt marshes near Jamaica Bay, is the largest park in Brooklyn. The N.Y.C. Parks Commissioner on ‘the Experience of Place’ 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z Along the way my partner, Esther, and I would offer Luke tiny bribes: a soccer game in Palermo, a salt marsh with flamingos in Trapani, a hike up to Mount Etna’s caldera. In Sicily, Tasting Seafood With a Skeptical Son 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z Broad Street used to be a valley with a salt marsh. When Manhattan Was Mannahatta: A Stroll Through the Centuries 2020-05-13T04:00:00Z The entire 270-square-mile island is a Unesco biosphere reserve, a designation issued in 1993 for the rich flora and fauna that thrive in Minorca’s forests, gorges, wetlands, salt marshes and hillsides. Minorca, Off the Coast of Spain, Is a Tranquil Biosphere Reserve 2012-04-13T17:28:35Z I remember the sunshine, the beaches, the smell of the salt marshes. Why Paul Theroux Loves Cape Cod 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z But the island, most of which is parkland, offers quieter pleasures too, from picnic areas and a playground to gardens, wetlands and salt marsh. Randalls Island Paths for Urban Biking 2012-10-12T05:25:30Z Sit at the high tables, order the seafood platter and sip the local wine while the sunset turns the salt marshes from blue to bright pink. In France, Narbonne takes a turn in the international spotlight 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z A section of salt marsh is created, of the kind that surrounds Venice and is integral to its ecology, but of which you are unaware when you are in the city. Brilliant biennale 2010-09-04T23:06:00Z Its mixture of mudflat, salt marsh, grassland and shingle is hunted over by marsh harriers and peregrines. Robert Macfarlane's Untrue Island: the voices of Orford Ness 2012-07-08T18:01:01Z Keep an eye out for the common bottlenose dolphins that frequent the Beaufort River and the salt marsh between the Port Royal and Lady’s islands. In South Carolina, bypass crowded Charleston for tranquil Beaufort 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z The city looks nothing like it did when Henry Hudson sailed in over 400 years ago, but a patch of old-growth forest and an original salt marsh remain in this park at Manhattan’s northern tip. Keeping a Distance, From Everything but Nature 2020-05-13T04:00:00Z Padilla Bay, Mount Vernon: It’s flat and traverses sloughs, tidal flats and salt marshes. Take a family hike and play Winter Bird Bingo 2013-01-23T20:37:50Z Elsewhere in the Southeast, he spent long hours observing the granite outcrops and old-growth longleaf pine savannas of Georgia, along with the coastal salt marshes of South Carolina. A native plant designer’s memoir reflects on a life in the field 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z Four hundred years ago, if we were at Pudding Rock we’d be looking over hills covered with dark green trees descending to salt marshes, threaded with streams and rivers and grassy plains. When the Bronx Was a Forest: Stroll Through the Centuries 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z And the east side — the area that flooded during Hurricane Sandy — is on the coastal plain, which was mostly salt marsh. When Manhattan Was Mannahatta: A Stroll Through the Centuries 2020-05-13T04:00:00Z Take the trematode preying on the California killifish, a normally secretive bait fish that hangs out in western salt marshes. Parasites may not be cute and cuddly, but they need saving too, scientists say 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z “The West trail, a gravel path through restored salt marsh, is a great place to introduce children to bird watching,” he wrote in an e-mail. Where to Go Outside and Play in New York City 2012-09-27T21:23:15Z Fragmented views of New Jersey’s skylines, shipping ports, salt marshes and infrastructure, like its infamous turnpike, conflate and realign in dizzying mosaics. Art Tells New Jersey Stories at Newark’s New Terminal A 2022-11-14T05:00:00Z One of the best is Mass Audubon Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary, with five miles of trails that wend through 900 acres of pine and oak woodland, salt marsh and bay shore. 36 Hours on Outer Cape Cod 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z “There is a huge variety of ecosystems for such a small area: meadow, shrub land, forest, salt marsh and a rocky coastal area.” Urban Athlete: Walking in a Winter Wonderland in New York City Parks 2013-12-19T23:42:38Z The bridge, which provides a pathway to beloved salt marshes on the English coast, had been used for more than 50 years until the National Trust took it down last year, citing safety concerns. A Footpath in England, Torn Down, Keeps Being Rebuilt by ‘Fairies’ 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z This in-depth analysis of sulfur-cycling microbial diversity in salt marshes -- from their entire genomes down to single nucleotides -- was published October 26 in Applied and Environmental Microbiology. Analysis finds diversity on the smallest scales in sulfur-cycling salt marsh microbes 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z The same year, the South Korean government announced a four-year project to bring back tidal flats and salt marshes to help fight climate change. South Korea is a test case on how to fight an ecological disaster 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z The Clarence Thomas origin story begins in a dirt-floor shack in Pin Point, a tiny community founded by formerly enslaved people in the salt marsh lands outside Savannah. Where Clarence Thomas Entered an Elite Circle and Opened a Door to the Court 2023-07-09T04:00:00Z Brooklyn’s largest park boasts its own ecosystem: a tidal salt marsh. Seven Underappreciated Birding Spots in New York 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z Today, more than 600 properties in that area are being returned to nature and a salt marsh created where deer and turkeys, rabbits and racoons are already moving in. Looking for home in an overheating world: If emissions continue, will we all be migrants someday? 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z In salt marshes, the sulfur cycle is closely linked with the carbon cycle, and healthy salt marshes store a very large amount of carbon in peat and associated soil minerals. Analysis finds diversity on the smallest scales in sulfur-cycling salt marsh microbes 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z That raises risks that oil and other pollutants will leak into the ocean and travel to shore and smother wetlands, particularly sensitive salt marshes along the northern Gulf Coast. Price to Plug Old Wells in Gulf of Mexico? $30 Billion, Study Says. 2023-05-08T04:00:00Z The beach, dune, grassland, shrub thicket, maritime forest and salt marsh habitats found at Cape Hatteras undergo constant change, and the landscape is a draw for many visitors. Virginia Teenager Dies After He Is Buried in Sand From Dune Collapse 2023-05-07T04:00:00Z It’s a vast swath of pristine coastal land dotted with maritime forests and salt marshes. On U.S. Barrier Islands, African-Rooted Traditions Protect Against a Relentlessly Rising Ocean 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z It dominates native salt marshes, outcompeting native plants that provide food for indigenous species such as the reed parrotbill, which has declined as a result. China battles alien marsh grass at unprecedented scale 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z At the surface, salt marshes and their windswept grasses can look deceptively simple. Analysis finds diversity on the smallest scales in sulfur-cycling salt marsh microbes 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z Memories going back a hundred years cling like the hot, thick air along waterways and salt marshes. Murdaugh verdict: Jury of ordinary citizens in South Carolina shows us the way 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z The Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge is designated as a National Natural Landmark as a unique example of a coastal salt marsh system. Road trip weekend: Winter hike destinations | Provided by Western Washington Toyota Dealers 2022-12-28T05:00:00Z More than half of the original salt marshes in the U.S. have been filled in to create land for housing and industry along the coasts. On U.S. Barrier Islands, African-Rooted Traditions Protect Against a Relentlessly Rising Ocean 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z Braided through the fascinating account of goldfish is Imbler’s own narrative, in which they wrestle with feeling trapped in a suburb spread across a smoothed-out former salt marsh. Review | In ‘How Far the Light Reaches,’ sea creatures reflect humanity 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z So MBL's personnel teamed up with scientists who already had very large DNA sequencing datasets from microbes in Massachusetts and Alabama salt marsh sediments, and the project was launched. Analysis finds diversity on the smallest scales in sulfur-cycling salt marsh microbes 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z The system is working—but environmentalists say it threatens to destroy salt marshes. Shelter from the storm: Can a giant flood barrier protect Texas cities from hurricanes? 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z Walk to the north end to see Marine life at the salt marsh, but prepare for steep, heart-pounding inclines and declines in and around the park. Day trips from Seattle: Venture to Vashon Island for fortuitous finds | Provided by Western Washington Toyota Dealers 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z As sea level rises, salt marshes that once drained at low tide continually flood. On U.S. Barrier Islands, African-Rooted Traditions Protect Against a Relentlessly Rising Ocean 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z Vibrio typically perform a useful job in estuaries and salt marshes, breaking down dead organisms in a natural recycling process. In Florida, flesh-eating bacteria follow in Hurricane Ian’s wake 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z Since the early 2000s the co-op has been breathing life back into miles of the Smokehouse tidal channels and salt marsh on the Swinomish reservation, by dredging and using tide gates. Puget Sound salmon habitat restored with tribes leading the way 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z Places like South Carolina also no longer have canneries where large supplies of oyster shells could be found to return to the salt marshes for restoration. Oyster shells sell for top dollar as biologists scramble to protect shellfish beds 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z When the Huns invaded Rome, waves of displaced people sought safety in the salt marshes, and that’s how the city grew — as a refuge from imperial wars. Cecilia Vicuña’s Desire Lines 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z Just beyond the salt marsh, farther out in the ocean water, lies the oyster reef habitat where clusters of dead and living shells fuse together under the brackish tides. On U.S. Barrier Islands, African-Rooted Traditions Protect Against a Relentlessly Rising Ocean 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z The bacteria thrive in water warmer than 68 degrees Fahrenheit, he said, and in the mix of salt and fresh water that is found in estuaries and salt marshes. In Florida, flesh-eating bacteria follow in Hurricane Ian’s wake 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z Scientists on a new project to restore a damaged salt marsh are investigating several plants that could be introduced. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z After the barge hauled its cargo to the destination point, a man aboard the barge fired a water cannon at the mound of shells, scattering them into the salt marsh at high tide. Oyster shells sell for top dollar as biologists scramble to protect shellfish beds 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z The habitats on Peddocks include closed canopy forests, woodlands, shrub thickets, old fields, salt marsh and a brackish pond, and we enjoy walking around and noticing as the habitats change. The little-known Boston Harbor Islands have a lot to offer 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z The community’s adamant stance in holding out against developers and its protectiveness of salt marshes and traditional fisheries will determine whether the barrier islands remain intact. On U.S. Barrier Islands, African-Rooted Traditions Protect Against a Relentlessly Rising Ocean 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z More than half of the main island is salt marsh, and the knee-high cordgrass and black needlerush seemingly stretched to the Earth’s curve. Pelicans’ paradise on Smith Island, Md. 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z Of particular focus, the study found, should be coastal ecosystems such as mangroves, seagrass and salt marshes, which can store large amounts of carbon and support a diversity of animals. Biodiversity solutions also fight climate change 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z It took only 20 minutes to lay the shells in about seven feet of water along a salt marsh bank. Oyster shells sell for top dollar as biologists scramble to protect shellfish beds 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z Hiddleston tried to be a gracious host to his American co-star when they filmed in the Essex salt marshes 13 months ago but fears he might have gone too far. A mischievous god, a reverend and a newly engaged man: Tom Hiddleston has been busy 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z It preserves traditions fostered even before some of its residents’ ancestors were forced to traverse the more than 4,000 miles of ocean that separates the Saint Helena salt marshes from Africa. On U.S. Barrier Islands, African-Rooted Traditions Protect Against a Relentlessly Rising Ocean 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z "If you go out in these areas that have slightly rougher seas and try to plant a salt marsh, it just gets washed away," she said. ‘Reef Balls’ Gain Traction for Shoreline Protection 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z As I drove north on Highway 12, the scenery along the two-lane paved road transitioned from a tidal red cedar forest with patches of tall pine trees to salt marsh and towering sand dunes. Exploring Ocracoke, on North Carolina’s Outer Banks 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z “The salt marshes were just melting away, becoming lifeless mud flats,” he said. Is This the Last Generation to Live on New York City’s Wild Fringes? 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z The terrain on the flats alternated between salt marsh, where his feet sank with each step, and salt stalagmites, which rose between 6 inches and 2 feet. Blisters. Hallucinations: A hiker's grueling attempt to cross Death Valley in four days 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z “Without the salt marsh holding the coastal wooded habitats known as maritime forest in place, and without our oyster beds holding the salt marsh in place, you start to erode the sea islands,” Goodwine says. On U.S. Barrier Islands, African-Rooted Traditions Protect Against a Relentlessly Rising Ocean 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z Cheddar cheese, the Cornish pasty, Gower salt marsh lamb, Anglesey sea salt and now... PGI status: Could Welsh leeks become the new Cornish pasty? 2022-03-12T05:00:00Z A nearly one-mile nature trail winds through this 123-acre nature preserve and covers a variety of habitats, including maritime forest and salt marsh. Exploring Ocracoke, on North Carolina’s Outer Banks 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z Mr. Mundy organized the Jamaica Bay Ecowatchers, which joined forces with the Natural Resources Defense Council and went to court to stop the pollution that was destroying the salt marshes. Is This the Last Generation to Live on New York City’s Wild Fringes? 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z He added that the coast of North West England had "a host of sensitive and valuable habitats, such as estuaries, salt marshes and dune systems, which could be impacted by oil pollution". Irish Sea oil pipe leak: Balls of tar wash up on Blackpool coast 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z Climate change is also causing the Eastern Shore’s salt marshes to disappear faster than they can rebuild themselves, leaving the rest of Virginia more vulnerable to rising sea levels and climate-fueled extreme weather. Opinion | Virginia’s economy and the climate need the Build Back Better Act 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z Another approach is to encourage the formation of coastal forest systems such as mangroves, salt marshes and sea grasses, which, like inland forests, remove CO2 from the air. Moving CO 2 from Air to Oceans May Be Necessary to Slow Warming 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z Flood barriers in Venice, Italy, may cause important salt marshes in its lagoon to drown by starving them of sediment they need to keep up with sea level rise, a study has found. News at a glance: Disappointing COVID-19 pills, an African telescope, and ‘race’ in genetics papers 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z It is also the focal point of a major environmental restoration project that aims to protect the area — and in fact the whole city — by returning salt marshes and sand dunes to their natural states. Is This the Last Generation to Live on New York City’s Wild Fringes? 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z To make matters worse, the salt marshes there are already starved of sediment, notes Zoe Hughes, a coastal geomorphologist at Boston University who was not involved in the research. Venice’s barrier against rising seas could jeopardize city’s ecosystem 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z Outside the Glynn County courthouse, not far from the salt marshes and rivers that thread around this city of old Victorian homes, retired city government clerk Delores Polite beamed. America and Ahmaud Arbery: Guilty verdicts in Georgia bring 'that small glimpse of hope' 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z They may not have looked like salt marshes at the time. Opinion | Let Water Go Where It Wants to Go 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z The path began in the late 1960s when Dr. Oesterhelt became intrigued by bacteria that live in salt marshes. Covid Vaccine Pioneers and Others Win 2021 Lasker Awards in Medicine 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z Recently, the Ecowatchers were instrumental in blocking a proposed new runway at Kennedy International Airport, which the group said would have destroyed hundreds of acres of bay and salt marsh. Is This the Last Generation to Live on New York City’s Wild Fringes? 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z “We just had an endangered sedge pop up. And we had a state-threatened saltmarsh aster appear that we relocated to our salt marsh,” she said. Why you should do your spring planting in the fall 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z The Kharai are a rare breed of camel found in the salt marshes of Kutch district in the western state of Gujarat. India's swimming camels under threat 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z They noticed how salt marshes and barrier beaches worked together to protect the coastline and restore it after storms. Opinion | Let Water Go Where It Wants to Go 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z But the more worrying possibility is that natural methane sources — such as salt marshes, peatlands and mangrove forests — are emitting more as the planet warms. Many measures of Earth’s health are at worst levels on record, NOAA finds 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z Welsh Secretary Simon Hart said it was "fantastic to see Gower salt marsh lamb added to the list of iconic products from Wales". Gower salt marsh lamb receives protected status 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z The wide, well-marked trail was a revelation, creatively bordered with community gardens, vibrant murals, public sculpture and assorted green spaces and sprawling salt marshes. Slow-Wheeling to the Sea 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z The Corps plan slates about $2.6 billion, a tenth of the total bill, for ecosystem restoration, such as restoring salt marshes that can absorb the impact of surging seawater. A $26-billion plan to save the Houston area from rising seas 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z That means making room for streams and wetlands, beaches and salt marshes. Opinion | Let Water Go Where It Wants to Go 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z For that reason, marine ecosystems that store carbon, like mangroves, salt marshes, and seagrass meadows, are much more efficient at storing carbon than a forest on a square-foot basis. How oysters and seagrass could help the California coast adapt to rising seas 2021-06-20T04:00:00Z In the Southeast, for instance, where beaches are often soft and easily eroded, “the iconic configuration would be to have upland, which is a forest, and then salt marsh, and then oyster reefs,” he said. Saved from Shuckers, Oysters Fight Rising Seas 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z A hectare of salt marsh captures more than two tonnes of carbon a year, but every year up to 100 hectares of it are lost in the UK. Northern Ireland's marine carbon stores help fight climate change 2021-05-18T04:00:00Z The group, a voluntary partnership with no legislative powers, agreed last week to develop a plan to protect salt marshes in the Southeast after being urged to do so by environmental groups. Military and Environmentalists Align to Protect Key Coastal Salt Marsh 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z A new study reveals what is driving their formation in the salt marshes of eastern China. How fairy circles form in Shanghai’s salt marshes 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z This will include creation of large forests, peatland restoration, or the creation and restoration of wetlands and salt marshes. Brexit: Ministers unveil next steps in England's farming policy 2020-11-29T05:00:00Z Mosquito Pass, separating San Juan and Henry islands, was named for the swarms that emanated from a salt marsh there. Why does Washington have so many dismal place names? 2020-11-14T05:00:00Z Cabin Bluff includes salt marshes, tidal creeks and longleaf pine woodlands located across the Intracoastal Waterway from the Cumberland Island National Seashore. New state wildlife management area to open on Georgia coast 2020-10-31T04:00:00Z Conservationists want to see the salt marshes and wetlands restored. Judge throws out EPA decision on California salt ponds 2020-10-06T04:00:00Z Of the habitats they studied, salt marshes - coastal wetlands that are constantly flooded and drained by the tides - were found to be most effective at storing carbon. 'Vital' role of coastal 'wastelands' for climate 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z To make sure the salt marsh was the key factor in reducing wave height, the team needed to confirm that the marshes had been hit by equally strong waves. When dikes burst, salt marshes might lessen deadly flooding 2020-06-29T04:00:00Z The researchers identified nine components that are key to rebuilding the oceans: salt marshes, mangroves, seagrasses, coral reefs, kelp, oyster reefs, fisheries, megafauna and the deep ocean. Oceans can be restored by 2050, say scientists 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z The first outside settlers arrived in 1630, religious reformers from England who sought to “purify” the Anglican Church and carve a livelihood amid the salt marshes and tidal streams abutting the area’s gently rolling hillsides. Wealth and struggle in a liberal bubble that Elizabeth Warren calls home 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z Charleston’s awardees will tackle two projects: restoring a salt marsh habitat and contributing relevant data to an international database for global analysis of climate change. Charleston students to collect data for climate study 2020-01-01T05:00:00Z Lily Pauls, senior marine advisor for NRW, said sites such as the north Gower salt marsh, were also vital habitats for wildlife. 'Vital' role of coastal 'wastelands' for climate 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z It’s well known that salt marshes and other coastal wetlands dampen incoming waves. When dikes burst, salt marshes might lessen deadly flooding 2020-06-29T04:00:00Z They frolic on the Gerard Point beaches, they cavort through the tall grasses of the salt marshes, they take power naps lounging in our grassy backyards. My Christmas Eve in Dollar General: Trump has been impeached, but life goes on 2019-12-28T05:00:00Z It promised to restore the lagoon’s physical and ecological integrity by rescuing the salt marshes, ending land reclamation and curbing pollution. Deep trouble: can Venice hold back the tide? 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z Sea Grant Consortium’s “From Seeds to Shoreline” program on campus, where students will germinate, harvest and eventually transplant sporobolus plants to salt marshes. Charleston students to collect data for climate study 2020-01-01T05:00:00Z The 16,083-acre property is a mix of salt marsh and coastal forest. Groups purchase 16,000 acres for coastal wildlife management 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, the researchers say the coast could be better defended by creating more salt marshes. When dikes burst, salt marshes might lessen deadly flooding 2020-06-29T04:00:00Z Educators with the foundation say sea level rise and erosion are destroying the protective salt marshes surrounding the island located in Virginia waters between the Tangier and Pocomoke sounds. Foundation: Sea level rise leads to island center’s closure 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z The salt marsh habitats are under pressure, squeezed between the encroaching sea and existing flood defences. What is climate change doing to Wales? 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z The Back Bay is a salt marsh that is home to many birds and several endangered species. Love the water but not whitewater? Try L.A.'s coolest paddling places 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY—Experts consider salt marshes foot soldiers in the battle against climate change: In the U.S. Fiddler crabs produce more carbon dioxide than their marshy homes can handle 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z Whether swamp, fen, bog or tidal salt marsh, wetlands are complex ecosystems that filter pollutants, sequester carbon and prevent flooding. A century of psychiatry, the realities of migration, and Greenland’s ticking ice clock: Books in brief 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z In the salt marshes and estuaries of New England, the most dominant and fearsome predator is a voracious invader that grows to just inches and lays waste to everything in its path. Coping with crisis: how scientists are making an invasive crab a delicacy 2019-06-21T04:00:00Z The whole village – houses, shops, roads, sewers, gas pipes and electricity pylons – will then be dismantled, turning the site back into a tidal salt marsh. ‘This is a wake-up call’: the villagers who could be Britain’s first climate refugees 2019-05-18T04:00:00Z The Crossing Places by Elly Griffiths Forensic archaeologist Dr Ruth Galloway investigates the discovery of a child’s bones near the site of a prehistoric henge on the north Norfolk salt marshes. From Agatha Christie to Gillian Flynn: 50 great thrillers by women 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z In search of accurate assessments for salt marshes, a graduate student dragged a suitcase containing a portable gas analyzer into a marsh in Cape Cod in Massachusetts and measured the CO2 released. Fiddler crabs produce more carbon dioxide than their marshy homes can handle 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z One afternoon we spent a few hours exploring the island, accessible by bridge and consisting of a glorious 9-mile-long expanse of white-sand beach, gentle dunes, salt marshes and pine forests. A Trip to the Florida of Yore 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z Hudson documented chestnut, oak, and hickory trees as well as salt marshes populated by turkey, elk, black bears, and beavers. "Whose Land Do You Live On?" Reminds Americans Colonization Happened in Their Backyards 2018-10-14T04:00:00Z Park rangers are on hand to answer questions about the surrounding salt marsh, a vital ecosystem for New York City. Kayaking Is a Workout. And in Jamaica Bay, There are Ospreys 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z The salmon federation says the removal will also restore salt marsh. Dam removal to make way for smelt, trout started in Maine 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z Similarly, coastal wetlands such as salt marshes or mangrove forests provide protection for coastlines in many regions around the globe. North Carolina's Natural Hurricane Defenses Are Disappearing 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z Facebook’s headquarters, at 1 Hacker Way, in Menlo Park, overlooking the salt marshes south of San Francisco, has the feel of a small, prosperous dictatorship, akin to Kuwait or Brunei. Can Mark Zuckerberg Fix Facebook Before It Breaks Democracy? 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z We passed salt marshes and windmills as we explored new bike paths on what is to become the 50-mile South Coast Bikeway system in Massachusetts. Cape-to-Connecticut ride shows progress, bumps on Greenway 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z For much of the stage, the route hugged the coastline alongside sparkling waters, pristine beaches and an abundance of salt marshes. Froome flies off the road into a ditch in opening Tour stage 2018-07-07T04:00:00Z So her charming husband built the house on a lonely spot amid the salt marshes of Plum Island, far from running water and human contact. Spite buildings: when human grudges get architectural – in pictures 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z These areas include swamps, salt marshes and ditches. Rye officials begin spraying for mosquito season 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z According to Yuen, the American flamingo is happily foraging in the refuge's salt marsh, much of which consists of restored, shallow ponds that were once used for commercial production of salt. Lonely Flamingo Mysteriously Appears in a Major City 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z Squeezed between the two are California's salt marshes — a unique ecosystem filled with pickleweed and cordgrass, shorebirds and many endangered species. Salt marshes will vanish in less than a century if seas keep rising and California keeps building, study finds 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z “The reef acts like a breakwater, the waves will break on the reef instead and protect softer salt marsh on the coast,” Rodriguez said. More oyster reefs could help fight erosion on Texas coast 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z His samples were taken from salt marshes near the coast at Portishead and Sand Bay. Toxic mud dump claim 'alarmist' 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z One recent afternoon, a motorboat cruised by the little salt marsh, piloted by two men with the distinct look of Brooklyn old-timers. Can the Gowanus Canal Survive Its Renaissance? 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z The letter refers to the abstract of a grant proposal that originally included phrasing about salt marshes contributing to greenhouse gas release and climate change. DOE denies it has policy to remove 'climate change' from agency materials 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z One option, which Thorne and others are studying, involves adding thin layers of sediment to a salt marsh plain to increase its elevation. Salt marshes will vanish in less than a century if seas keep rising and California keeps building, study finds 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z It sits on 9.8 acres of woods — mostly live oaks and magnolias cloaked with Spanish moss — salt marsh and tidal creek, with a 1.5-acre pond at the end of a long tree-lined road. Quiet luxury by the water in the Palmetto State 2017-07-12T04:00:00Z Lying just off the South Carolina coast in Port Royal Sound, the island is four miles long and three miles wide, with 3,265 acres of dry land, surrounded by salt marsh. How the Death of a Muslim Recruit Revealed a Culture of Brutality in the Marines 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z Diamondback terrapins live in the salt marshes from Massachusetts to Texas. Jersey shore traffic can be deadly for nesting terrapins 2017-07-04T04:00:00Z The coastline around Medmerry, East Sussex, has been realigned to expand what is the last great wilderness in southern Britain – salt marsh. 'It is strange to see the British struggling with the beaver': why is rewilding so controversial? 2017-07-03T04:00:00Z MacDonald often thinks back to his first day of field research, in the Tijuana River Estuary, one of Southern California's last salt marshes. Salt marshes will vanish in less than a century if seas keep rising and California keeps building, study finds 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z A salt marsh off Little Neck Bay stretches to the north. Little Neck, Queens: City Perks on the Edge of the Suburbs 2017-06-28T04:00:00Z The site comprises deserts, riparian forests and floodplains of the Ili River, deciduous and spruce forests as well as salt marshes. UN Announces 23 New Nature Reserves While U.S. Removes 17 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z The simulation shows how the buildings — and the iconic Rialto Bridge — sprung up among the salt marshes, along with the area’s periodic destruction by fires and subsequent reconstructions. The ‘time machine’ reconstructing ancient Venice’s social networks 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z A seasonal salt marsh known as the Rann of Kutch in western India is one of the largest salt deserts in the world. Satellite Eye on Earth: May 2017 – in pictures 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z Natural coastal habitats such as mangroves, coral reefs and salt marshes protect communities more effectively against coastal storms than seawalls, and insurers should consider this when pricing flood risk, Lloyd's of London said. Mangroves, coral reefs could cut flood insurance premiums: Lloyd's 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z The rest of the year the marsh is used by students and scientists to study salt marsh ecology and practice field research techniques. Little-known Mission Bay marsh could be key to fight against sea level rise 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z It depleted salt marshes that serve as fish habitat and suppressed oxygen levels. ‘Dead Rivers, Closed Beaches’: An Acute Water Crisis on Long Island 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z Maryland Department of Natural Resources analysts say salt marshes are among the most economically valuable ecosystems in the state. At Blackwater refuge, rising sea levels drown habitat 2017-01-07T05:00:00Z That landmark deal helped protect and preserve Cumberland’s vibrant history, its pristine maritime forests, its undeveloped beachfronts and extensive salt marshes. Georgia editorial roundup 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z The storm washed sewage and golf-course runoff into the salt marshes of the coastal lowlands. The Gullah people have survived on the Carolina sea islands for centuries. Now development is taking a toll 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z A portion of the salt marsh has started to fade near the Narrow River due to rising seas and more frequent storms. Project to restore salt marsh in North Kingston kicks off 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z Naled is used mostly to reduce the population of salt marsh mosquitoes, which bite at night and do not typically live in urban environments. Outcry Erupts Over Miami Beach’s Pesticide Spraying to Curb Zika 2016-09-17T04:00:00Z Now and then he leaned back and smacked the ball, sending it bouncing toward Avenue U and the Marine Park salt marshes. Uprooted to Brooklyn, and Nourished by Cricket 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z Meredith says crews are especially concerned about the restored salt marshes at Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge, east of Milton, and wooded wetlands throughout the state. Rain in Delaware brings second wave of mosquitoes 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z Terrapins were more abundant in preindustrial New York City, but like striped bass, oysters and lavish beds of salt marsh cordgrass, they still survive in the estuaries where they evolved. Diamondback Terrapins Thrive Where Others Can’t 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z The species Aedes sollicitans prefers stagnant salt marshes along the ocean for its eggs and larvae. Five myths about mosquitoes 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z Like Stu, a teenage dolphin, who is often seen feeding near the salt marsh near the Cross Island in Palmetto Bay. 6 things to know about Hilton Head dolphins 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z That normal habitat is the nearby Jamaica Bay salt marshes. Kennedy airport takeoffs disrupted by turtle nesting ritual 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z That arsenal is primarily to combat the nuisance mosquitoes that populate the county’s salt marshes. Without federal funding, counties brace to confront Zika on their own 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z As a new model prokaryote—and a potential maker of medicines and other compounds— the team offers Vibrio natriegens, a salt marsh denizen that is the fastest-growing bacterium known. Scientists want to replace lab workhorse E. coli with the world’s fastest-growing bacterium 2016-06-18T04:00:00Z Fish and Wildlife Service in September to discuss a conservation plan for the salt marsh sparrow. Researchers to meet with feds about threatened sparrow 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z It works much better in the flat part of the central city and over in the former salt marsh of South Dunedin. The story of cities: the tales we missed 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z This is the intrepid diamondback terrapin, the other turtle of the Lowcountry coast, the one whose disappearance might mean the death of the salt marsh. Diamondback terrapin might be key to marsh health 2016-04-09T04:00:00Z They used microfossils, studying the formations left in coral reefs and salt marshes to determine ancient sea levels. Seas Rose Faster in 20th Century Than in Previous 2,700 Years 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z And it could be that the birds just aren’t as concentrated as they used to be when they depended on salt marsh grass for food in their wintering habitats. Where have all the snow geese gone in Delaware? 2016-02-20T05:00:00Z They don't even occupy the best office real estate, such as near the soaring windows with stunning views of nearby salt marshes. What these photos of Facebook’s new headquarters say about the future of work 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z The Camargue, a natural park on the Mediterranean coast in south-east France, is famed for numerous plant and animal species as well as its rice and salt marshes – but it is in danger. Storm and drought: what Europe has to fear from climate change 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z In these neighborhoods, built on filled-in salt marsh and tidal creeks as the city expanded west a century ago, residents are accustomed to frequent flooding — but not like this. In South Carolina, ‘potentially historic’ flooding after days of rainfall 2015-10-04T04:00:00Z Skidaway Institute researcher Clark Alexander says the new information will be plugged into computer software designed to predict things such as how much of Georgia’s salt marsh may be threatened by rising seas. Scientists study how rising seas will reshape Georgia coast 2015-08-30T04:00:00Z Watson said hunters tell her the birds taste better now that they are feeding on grain rather than salt marsh grass. Where have all the snow geese gone in Delaware? 2016-02-20T05:00:00Z First is the restoration of 'green' infrastructure — robust coastal ecosystems, such as salt marshes, oyster and coral reefs, mangroves, seagrass beds and beaches. Policy: Hurricane Katrina’s lessons for the world 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z The importance of protecting Georgia’s coastal salt marshes is made clear on the Georgia Department of Natural Resources website: Georgia editorial roundup 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z Rather than destroy the area, the mayor insists, it will be revitalised by the planting of 625,000 native seedlings and the expansion of the salt marsh vegetation. What the Olympics means for the people of Rio 2015-07-19T04:00:00Z The cedars are spread out across a low salt marsh on a wide northern bend in the river, long dead but still standing. The Earthquake That Will Devastate Seattle 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z These bacteria live in the muddy bottoms of salt marshes and produce energy by oxidizing sulfide. Video: Microbe tornadoes create 'living crystals' 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z In New York, the eaglets were put in an artificial nest on a platform in Inwood Hill Park, near a salt marsh at the north end of Manhattan. With Eagles Sighted, a Proposal Takes Flight 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z Chisholm said he plans to come back and spend more time just gazing at the hundreds of works, which show salt marshes, the Everglades and the Keys. ‘Fantastic’ new Daytona art museum opens to public 2015-02-14T05:00:00Z Shade merely wanted to settle on a salt marsh and watch birds. Handmade $30,000 Kayak For The Adventurer's Wish List 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z When human remains were spotted in salt marshes on the island, a full search of the area was done and further bones were found. Missing woman washed up on island 2014-10-29T04:00:00Z He and Gornik bought some land and built their beautiful, brutal 10,000 sq ft minimalist home on the edge of a salt marsh, complete with matching studios. Eric Fischl: ‘What America wants is artists who are doing very expensive toys’ 2014-10-12T04:00:00Z The property contains thousands of acres of freshwater wetlands, salt marshes, tidal flats, oyster beds and live Oak. Conservationists team up to purchase bayside ranch 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z This unjustified and inexplicable bureaucratic action reversed 20 years of responsible oversight of Georgia’s salt marshes. Georgia editorial roundup 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z In addition to the immaculate beach and hiking and biking trails, the diverse habitats — maritime forests, freshwater areas, and salt marshes — absolutely teem with wildlife. Forget The Hamptons, Chincoteague Island Is The Place To Be This Summer 2014-07-26T04:00:00Z The report states that the next most utilized habitats after sand and gravel were mud, eelgrass, macroalgae, boulder, salt marsh channels, and shell beds. Study: sand, gravel key habitats in Gulf of Maine 2014-05-26T04:00:00Z “The implications of these findings for the conservation of salt marshes are huge,” he said. When Predators Vanish, So Does the Ecosystem 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z Preparations for a new area of salt marsh and mudflat at Greatham Creek on the Tees Estuary must finish before the seal pupping season starts in June. Bird reserve 'race against time' 2014-05-11T12:56:15Z Georgia is home to about a third of the salt marsh on the East Coast. Georgia editorial roundup 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z “Yes we need salt marsh, but we need freshwater marsh even more,” Mr. Phillips said, explaining that Kennedy Airport and the Howard Beach neighborhood were historically freshwater wetlands. Environmental Group Proposes Options for Breached Pond at Jamaica Bay 2014-02-11T02:54:33Z They are forming salt marshes that more closely resemble a golf green than the Arctic tundra -- habitat that happens to be perfect for black brant geese. Climate Change Proves a Survival Experiment for Wildlife 2014-02-07T16:25:00Z In May 2013, the scientists installed cages in a healthy salt marsh on Cape Cod. When Predators Vanish, So Does the Ecosystem 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z The Rann of Kutch, which the highway in the film runs through, is particularly striking, with its vast desert tracts, salt marshes and bursts of grasslands. India Ink: A Conversation with: Filmmaker Gyan Correa 2014-01-31T05:48:11Z Until the spartina is established in the salt marsh over the next few years, an intricate web of strings and flapping banners will remain in place, forming a network a few feet above the grass. With University’s Help, New Park on Harlem River Is a Marshland Sanctuary 2014-01-20T05:33:49Z “While we’ve lost 80 percent of the salt marshes at Jamaica Bay in the last hundred years, we’ve lost 99 percent of the freshwater marshes.” Environmental Group Proposes Options for Breached Pond at Jamaica Bay 2014-02-11T02:54:33Z In others, allowing the sea to flow into freshwater reed-beds may be the most logical option, avoiding costly repairs and using salt marshes to provide a natural buffer against storms. Key wildlife sites hit in flooding 2014-01-17T17:18:31Z Once New England salt marshes started dying off, Dr. Bertness and his colleagues embarked on a broad survey. When Predators Vanish, So Does the Ecosystem 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z Yet as they spread in Florida and elsewhere, the mangroves are displacing salt marshes, which are also ecologically valuable and also under threat from development. Without Winter Freezes, Mangroves Are Marching North, Scientists Say 2013-12-30T20:26:38Z Here’s one captured from a salt marsh in San Francisco Bay. On the Curious Motions of Syphilis and Lyme Disease Bacteria 2013-12-29T12:45:00.461Z They include mangrove swamps, salt marshes, freshwater forested swamps, shrub depressions and wetlands floating on the edges of rivers. Study says U.S. can’t keep up with loss of ecologically-sensitive wetlands 2013-12-08T23:46:10Z It's what we call a foundation species, like kelp forest, salt marsh or coral reef. Sea otter return boosts seagrass 2013-08-26T18:40:49Z Dr. Bertness and his colleagues wondered how fishing and crabbing were affecting the food webs of the salt marshes. When Predators Vanish, So Does the Ecosystem 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z Historically, mangroves dominated the Florida shoreline south of Cocoa Beach, and salt marsh dominated north of St. Augustine. Without Winter Freezes, Mangroves Are Marching North, Scientists Say 2013-12-30T20:26:38Z It's about soaring bald eagles, quiet tidal salt marshes and sweet berry brambles thriving along Jamaica Bay, the only wildlife refuge in the U.S. Travel Postcard: 48 hours in New York City for nature lovers 2013-06-14T15:05:26Z The Not-So-Mysterious Loss of Salt Marshes and Ecosystem Services Healthy salt marsh creeks at Plum Island Estuary, Massachusetts, are lined with lush, smooth cordgrass. The Not-So-Mysterious Loss of Salt Marshes and Ecosystem Services 2013-03-12T15:15:05.280Z On the Lower East Side of the island, Mr. Cassell and his team envisioned extending Manhattan by a block or two — with additional landfill — to create space for another new park and a salt marsh. Protecting New York City, Before Next Time 2012-11-05T15:40:31Z There is much at stake in the hunt for the culprit, because salt marshes are hugely important. When Predators Vanish, So Does the Ecosystem 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z Wind and waves could then erode the seabed sediment, releasing trapped carbon stored beneath the now-dead salt marsh. Salt Marshes Will Absorb Carbon until 2050, But Then Be Overwhelmed 2012-09-26T19:15:03.353Z Sapelo Island, a tangle of salt marsh and sand reachable only by boat, holds the largest community of people who identify themselves as saltwater Geechees. On an Island in Georgia, Slave Descendants Known as Geechees Fear Losing Land to Soaring Taxes 2012-09-26T00:47:01Z After eight years of nutrient enrichment, the edge of this salt marsh at Plum Island Estuary has fragmented and turf has slumped into the channel. The Not-So-Mysterious Loss of Salt Marshes and Ecosystem Services 2013-03-12T15:15:05.280Z Years ago Greenberg noticed that sparrows who live in freshwater-stressed salt marshes tend to have larger bills than their relatives who live just a few kilometers inland. Beak Heat: Evolutionary Theory of Bird Bills Need May Need Revision 2012-08-01T15:15:00.227Z To test this idea, Dr. Bertness and his colleagues surveyed salt marshes in Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island, comparing marshes that were healthy with ones that were almost entirely dead. When Predators Vanish, So Does the Ecosystem 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z He estimated that salt marshes worldwide absorbed between 10 and 130 million tonnes of carbon a year - at the top end of the range roughly equivalent to Italy or Mexico's greenhouse gas emissions. Salt Marshes Will Absorb Carbon until 2050, But Then Be Overwhelmed 2012-09-26T19:15:03.353Z “There’s two big babies in there,” she said, pointing to an osprey nest atop a tall pole in a salt marsh nearby. | Long Island: ‘Light by the Water,’ by Plein Air Peconic, in Sag Harbor 2012-06-29T23:49:55Z In this way, the researchers could definitively study the impacts of nutrient addition on salt marsh health. The Not-So-Mysterious Loss of Salt Marshes and Ecosystem Services 2013-03-12T15:15:05.280Z Situated at the foot of the Mississippi River, Louisiana’s salt marshes are a “lifeblood” for the state, Silliman said. BP oil spill hastened loss of Louisiana marshes, study says 2012-06-25T19:02:00Z Wade Elmer, a plant pathologist at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station in New Haven, thinks that the full story of the salt marshes’ decline is more complex than just fishing. When Predators Vanish, So Does the Ecosystem 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z Environment Program also said that mangroves, salt marshes and sea grasses captured up to 450 million tonnes of carbon a year. Salt Marshes Will Absorb Carbon until 2050, But Then Be Overwhelmed 2012-09-26T19:15:03.353Z The 1-meter estimate under attack in North Carolina, however, is based on "simple physical logic" discerned from the state's ancient salt marshes, not a nightmare scenario, Rahmstorf said. Ancient North Carolina Records Show Sea-Level Rise Related to Warmer Temps 2012-06-19T22:15:03.523Z These are just some of the potential consequences of loss of salt marshes around the country, many of which are now listed as “habitats of concern.” The Not-So-Mysterious Loss of Salt Marshes and Ecosystem Services 2013-03-12T15:15:05.280Z Dr. Kostka suggested that future spill responders might therefore choose to focus on the more sensitive salt marshes. Green Blog: On the Trail of Oil-Munching Organisms 2012-06-14T19:50:03Z But fishing removes the top predators from salt marshes, and the effects may be devastating. When Predators Vanish, So Does the Ecosystem 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z Yet the salt marshes of Cape Cod are also popular places for recreational fishing, which appears to be detrimental for the marshes. Green Blog: Pressures on Predators Lead to Marshland Die-Offs 2012-06-12T15:58:36Z He begins by highlighting the evidence of North Carolina's salt marshes because they are a storyline from the past -- a period that state lawmakers seem to be emphasizing over future predictions developed by computer models. Ancient North Carolina Records Show Sea-Level Rise Related to Warmer Temps 2012-06-19T22:15:03.523Z In the Gulf Coast region, these and other factors – many still largely under-studied – are driving salt marsh loss at unprecedented rates. The Not-So-Mysterious Loss of Salt Marshes and Ecosystem Services 2013-03-12T15:15:05.280Z A significant amount of the 4.9 million barrels of oil spilled still lies on the ocean floor, lingers in salt marshes or is mixed into beach sand, scientists say. Green Blog: On the Trail of Oil-Munching Organisms 2012-06-14T19:50:03Z The black salt marsh mosquito is the mosquito everyone gets bit by here. Mosquito Control in the Florida Keys 2012-04-11T19:15:03.393Z Swaths of Cape Cod’s salt marshes are slowly disintegrating. Green Blog: Pressures on Predators Lead to Marshland Die-Offs 2012-06-12T15:58:36Z There, should be a church, she knew; and there, the old ruined tower built by wizards, or the Carthaginians, so old tradition ran; and there, to the westward, the great salt marshes towards Noirmoutier. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z When North Park is complete, visitors will be able to stroll from Schmul down a trail to a boardwalk spanning a salt marsh, according to renderings. | Travis, S.I.: Travis, S.I./Living In - Awaiting a ?Trash to Treasure? Moment 2012-03-02T01:53:14Z Heath in the Midlands, salt marshes along the Thames and peat beds in Cheshire are among the areas that will share £7.5m of government funding. Nature boost for 12 English sites 2012-02-27T12:21:15Z His neighbour in a hollow of the coast to the south may find himself endowed with salt marshes, whereon the sheep of his posterity will attain a flavour of supreme excellence. Through East Anglia in a Motor Car 2012-02-22T03:00:21.787Z It is found on the borders of salt marshes and in subsaline soils in the interior, as well as upon high hills in stony soils. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z When the cinders and dust did not sift into the windows, there was a smell of salt marsh. The Corner House Girls Under Canvas How they reached Pleasant Cove and what happened afterward 2012-02-03T03:00:19.757Z Ms. Garvey collected mussels from different parts of Flax Pond, a salt marsh on the North Shore of Long Island. After Homelessness, Honors From a National Science Fair 2012-01-23T22:15:43Z One of the main sites is Abbot Point, a small coal port sandwiched between a salt marsh and the lagoon of the Great Barrier Reef. China Trade Spurs $115 Billion Australia Building Boom: Freight 2012-01-11T19:30:09Z The new road was much the shorter and, being across a salt marsh, a dead-level, but our local pilot was doubtful as to the state of its surface. Through East Anglia in a Motor Car 2012-02-22T03:00:21.787Z This plant is easily known by its succulent branching, leafless stems and from the fact that it does not grow outside of the salt marshes. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z Staddles, stout stakes driven into the salt marshes, on which the hay-ricks are set and thus raised out of the reach of high tides. Poems of James Russell Lowell With biographical sketch by Nathan Haskell Dole 2012-01-09T03:00:25.087Z Off to the left of the line, where the Kentuckians had lain, stretched the broken wastes of the salt marshes, with here and there in the distance blue glimpses of the sea. The Code of the Mountains 2012-01-07T03:00:15.050Z There was a salt marsh which bounded part of the mill-pond, on the edge of which the boys used to stand to fish for minnows. The Life of Benjamin Franklin Illustrated by Tales, Sketches, and Anecdotes 2012-01-04T03:00:46.617Z Remarks.—This subspecies seems to be restricted to salt marshes where it occurs with Sorex ornatus. Speciation of the Wandering Shrew 2011-12-22T03:00:30.143Z Then our salt marshes, as though realizing the need of refreshing verdure, put on their most vivid greens; and our chaparral-covered hill-slopes make walls of bronze and olive. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z There's some diking being done on a salt marsh not far away, and the last time I was there it struck me there were some hard-looking white toughs on the workings. The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound 2011-11-24T03:00:42.877Z In some parts they repair to salt marshes and the sea-shore, where they share the fate of the Wild Duck. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z Like all of the fres-hwater ducks of this Coast, they, too, are often found in considerable numbers on the tide lands and salt marshes. Game Birds and Game Fishes of the Pacific Coast 2011-11-18T03:00:28.323Z Range.—Atlantic coast; breeds in salt marshes from North Carolina to southern Massachusetts; winters from Virginia to Georgia. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z C. salina often covers our salt marshes with brilliant patches of orange. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z Salicornia, a classical dominant of salt marshes, is here relatively inconspicuous. Vertebrates from the Barrier Island of Tamaulipas, M?xico 2011-11-15T03:00:17.973Z Flocks of Wigeons repair to our shores in autumn, and either betake themselves to inland lakes and morasses, or keep to the coast, especially where there are extensive salt marshes. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z While many of these are killed on the salt marshes and tide lands, they are more generally frequenters of the inland ponds and overflows. Game Birds and Game Fishes of the Pacific Coast 2011-11-18T03:00:28.323Z Below Seville, on the left bank of the river, stretch the great salt marshes, or Marismas, haunted by the stork, the heron, and innumerable wildfowl. The Story of Seville 2011-11-15T03:00:17.143Z The bright golden blossoms of the silver-weed are common in moist places, haunting stream-banks, lingering about stagnant ponds, or even pushing their way up amid the grasses of our salt marshes. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z Across the land, from the snowcaps of Mount Katahdin to the tepid salt marsh of the Tijuana Slough, radio and television broadcasts will suddenly cease. City Room: Emergency Alert Will (Probably) Be Just a Test 2011-11-09T17:00:48Z The Brents, I found, regularly repaired to the salt marshes adjoining Thornham Harbour, which, I was told, was their usual place of resort. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z Nest and Eggs—The nests are built generally in long grass patches of the low grounds bordering the streams and lakes and even the salt marshes. Game Birds and Game Fishes of the Pacific Coast 2011-11-18T03:00:28.323Z Occasionally, she canoed to class through a salt marsh. Julia Chase-Brand: A Leading Pioneer in Women?s Running 2011-10-26T01:23:47Z By the middle of August our salt marshes are gay with the bright yellow flowers. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z Between it and the main cape is a tremendous salt marsh, all cut up with cricks that nobody can get over without a boat. The Postmaster 2011-09-21T02:00:28.863Z These fly mostly by night, in long lines, and proceed to the fens and salt marshes, where they feed until daylight. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z When feeding on the salt marshes they are not very palatable, it is true, but when killed on fresh waters they are one of our finest flavored ducks, if properly cooked. Game Birds and Game Fishes of the Pacific Coast 2011-11-18T03:00:28.323Z But salt marshes already existed at their mouths, and as time went on the marshes extended further and further to the south. A Primer of Assyriology 2011-09-14T02:00:47.990Z In this section there are some few isolated ranges of hills, besides numerous lakes and lagoons with swamps and salt marshes, while a rich and varied vegetation gives sustenance to millions of cattle. The Argentine Republic 2011-09-12T02:00:30.217Z Population structure in salt marsh song sparrows, I. Condor, 58:24-44. The Breeding Birds of Kansas 2011-08-27T02:00:24.797Z It rarely or never visits the salt marshes. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z Nest and Eggs—The nests are usually found on the small islands of the salt marshes, and contain eight to ten eggs of a dull white color. Game Birds and Game Fishes of the Pacific Coast 2011-11-18T03:00:28.323Z The coast southward, nearly to La Rochelle, is a vast series of shallow gulfs and salt marshes which form weirdly wonderful outlooks for the painter who inclines to vast expanses of sea and sky. Castles and Chateaux of Old Touraine and the Loire Country 2011-08-27T02:00:22.057Z Great quantities of salt are obtained from the salt marshes along the coast. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z Down to old Cayuga bridge they sailed and through the outlet, passed the salt marshes and so on to Fort Oswego. Old Trails on the Niagara Frontier 2011-08-06T02:00:04.917Z During severe weather I have observed them in Norfolk, flocking to the salt marshes, and feeding on the seeds of saline plants, especially those of the shrubby sea-blite. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z It is generally found on the salt marshes. Game Birds and Game Fishes of the Pacific Coast 2011-11-18T03:00:28.323Z O the breath of the wet salt marshes by Romney port is sweet, But sweeter the thyme of the uplands under the horses’ feet! In the Days of the Guild 2011-08-03T02:00:12.687Z The result of that idea was the mysterious flag which was waving over the salt marsh by Flushing Bay, and was puzzling the brains of many good citizens. St. Nicholas v. 13 No. 9 July 1886 an Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks 2011-07-18T02:00:22.977Z “Where the salt marshes stagnate, crystals branch; Blood dries to crimson; Evil’s beautified In every shape.” The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z In the neighbourhood of the salt marshes in the eastern counties, one may meet, in severe winter weather, just before dusk, little knots of men setting out on ducking expeditions. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z They had been making a comeback for a while, Burke says, but their numbers are now declining again, partly due to the disappearance of salt marsh in the area. Why JFK's Runway Has Turtles All the Way Down* 2011-06-30T22:47:19Z The city also will establish a $13 million environmental benefit fund to support salt marsh wetland restoration projects and invest another $2 million to restore marsh island habitat. Green: It's Official: A Timetable for Jamaica Bay's Cleanup 2011-06-27T18:00:23Z That trend, gleaned from muck collected in North Carolina salt marshes, is a direct consequence of increasing temperatures, said co-author Benjamin Horton, a coastal geologist at the University of Pennsylvania. Warming Accelerates Sea Level Rise on U.S. East Coast 2011-06-21T15:15:00.250Z Mr. Varn lived at the old cannery site, a collection of crumbling buildings on a salt marsh just down the road from a sign heralding this remote coastal community outside Savannah as Justice Thomas’s birthplace. Friendship of Justice and Magnate Puts Focus on Ethics 2011-06-18T22:56:21Z When the mud-banks are covered by the tide they move to a short distance inland, and pick up slugs and insects in the meadows, or betake themselves to salt marshes and rocky headlands. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z At two leagues we came upon a salt marsh, a cross made of logs, and a wild horse. Colonial Expeditions to the Interior of California Central Valley, 1800-1820 Anthropological Records 16(6):239-292, 1958 2011-06-13T02:00:22.167Z In August 1893 a fight took place at Aigues Mortes, the medieval walled city on the salt marshes of the Gulf of Lyons, between French and Italian workmen, in which seven Italians were killed. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 8 "France" to "Francis Joseph I." 2011-05-27T02:00:16.463Z To go even further back in time and put recent conditions in context, the authors of the new study examined sediment samples from North Carolina salt marshes. Warming Accelerates Sea Level Rise on U.S. East Coast 2011-06-21T15:15:00.250Z On the 12th two were killed out of four seen at Burnham, and about the same time another was shot on the Thornham salt marshes. Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 2011-05-25T02:00:19.650Z They then retire to milder districts, to springs which are never frozen, to warm nooks near the sea, or to salt marshes. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z They also contribute to the health of coral reefs and mangroves, salt marshes and oyster reefs. Seagrasses face extinction threat 2011-05-23T08:18:47Z There was a salt marsh that bounded part of the mill pond, on the edge of which, at high water, we used to stand to fish for minnows. Franklin's Autobiography (Eclectic English Classics) 2011-05-20T02:00:26.573Z Still, that doesn't mean the exact relationship between temperature and sea level rise evident in the salt marsh data will hold as climate change accelerates in the future, Miller cautioned. Warming Accelerates Sea Level Rise on U.S. East Coast 2011-06-21T15:15:00.250Z At Cromer a portion of the jetty was washed away, and at Horsey serious breaches were made in the sea wall and thousands of acres of salt marshes submerged. Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 2011-05-25T02:00:19.650Z The Army Corps of Engineers is trying to stem the tide there by restoring salt marshes. This Land: Don?t Worry, Census Says, But the U.S. Is Shrinking 2011-04-30T01:40:20Z "The role that humans played in creating such salt marshes is an interesting question," says Charles Hopkinson, a coastal biogeochemist at the University of Georgia in Athens. Colonial-Era Erosion May Have Fueled Wetland Growth 2011-04-27T22:16:13Z Additional techniques are being developed, like surveys of changes in salt marshes that closely track sea level, but the data from these methods are still sparse. Green: A Fresh Take on Sea-Level Rise 2011-04-07T20:57:21Z Great flocks of duck and geese feed in the salt marshes; they get fish and oysters from the shallows and inlets; deer and wild turkey are common in the swamps and in the interior. Voices; Birth-Marks; The Man and the Elephant 2011-03-28T02:00:27.040Z To date, human encroachment has destroyed more than 35 percent of mangroves, 30 percent of sea grass meadows and 20 percent of salt marshes. Blue Carbon: An Oceanic Opportunity to Fight Climate Change 2011-03-10T13:15:05.867Z They smelt the sea, the wide salt marshes. The Promise of Air 2011-02-02T03:00:23.997Z In the end, the choice to preserve or let shrink an artificially large salt marsh is a value judgment, says James Syvitski, a hydrologist at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Colonial-Era Erosion May Have Fueled Wetland Growth 2011-04-27T22:16:13Z It was a small fishing port in the middle of a salt marsh before the earthquake. Reborn from rubble 2011-01-30T01:12:45Z The great salt marsh was referred to, and the particulars of a disastrous encounter with the warlike Otoes are given. Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences 2011-01-05T03:00:58.503Z Not thine the breath of the salt marsh below Where, when the tide is out, the mowers go Shearing the oozy plain, that reeks with brine More tonic than the incense of the pine. The Two Twilights 2010-12-25T03:00:12.393Z The sand sunflower, for instance, is limited to sand dunes in Utah and northern Arizona and the puzzle sunflower to brackish salt marshes in West Texas and New Mexico. Remarkable Creatures: Hybrids May Thrive Where Parents Fear to Tread 2010-09-16T03:31:00Z This finding, says Kirwan, raises the possibility that many of the salt marshes fringing the Eastern Seaboard grew on top of deposits of sediment that resulted from changes in land use during the 19th century. Colonial-Era Erosion May Have Fueled Wetland Growth 2011-04-27T22:16:13Z We studied a salt marsh with state wildlife biologists. Passions and Detachment in Journalism 2010-08-31T14:39:00Z Coast Guard Rear Admiral Paul Zukunft said the fragile but environmentally important salt marshes of Louisiana -- the hardest hit of the five Gulf states -- appeared to be more resilient than expected. BP cements Gulf oil well ahead of permanent plug 2010-08-06T02:42:00Z Louisiana is the closest land to the blown-out BP well, and its salt marshes are far harder to clean than the sandy beaches that dominate the coast in Mississippi, Alabama and Florida. Louisiana constructing islands in the gulf to aid in oil cleanup 2010-07-19T04:00:00Z The bay’s salt marshes, islands and shallow waterways provide a home to hundreds of species of birds and marine life, from peregrine falcons to sea turtles. Relief at Hand for Troubled Jamaica Bay 2010-07-01T21:07:00Z Separately, the Nature Conservancy secured nearly $3 million in federal economic stimulus money to fund a pilot program to test three kinds of artificial reef structures along a salt marsh island near Mobile Bay. Spill could devastate U.S. Gulf Coast oyster reefs 2010-05-08T05:07:00Z About 200,000 cubic yards of dredge material has been used to restore 34 acres of salt marsh on Elders Point West, which is expected to be completed later this year. New York Harbor Muck Used to Restore Jamaica Bay 2010-04-26T02:38:00Z New research does point to one promising new avenue of natural carbon sequestration: coastal salt marshes, mangroves and seagrass meadows. 2009-12-03T05:00:00Z A salt marsh lined in limestone offers a contemplative look at the river as ecosystem. 2010-02-06T03:29:00Z And while the bay is no longer the dumping ground it once was, problems remain, chief among them an accelerating rate of loss of salt marshes in the bay. Relief at Hand for Troubled Jamaica Bay 2010-07-01T21:07:00Z One, A. Tripolium, is native in Britain, and is found in salt marshes, having a pretty purple flower. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli “Since the middle of the last century, we lost more than half of the salt marsh, which is critical for development of all of those species,” he said. New York Harbor Muck Used to Restore Jamaica Bay 2010-04-26T02:38:00Z A few miles now to the southward would have brought them to the salt marshes just southwest of Mt. The Aboriginal Population of Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, California Quite a different matter is ten miles across mud-flats, covered with a tangle of reeds and rushes, and frequently dipping into salt marsh and ooze. Into the Primitive The water itself is clear and sweet, though there are salt marshes all round the lake, and beyond them a strip of ground parallel with the present borders of the lake and overgrown with tamarisks. The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar The salt marshes employ many workmen, and the amount of sea-salt obtained exceeds in quantity the produce of any other department in France. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" When he got within about fifteen feet of the lieutenant, he blazed away at him with the pistol, dropped it and ran across the salt marsh to the woods, about half a mile distant. The Story of a Strange Career Being the Autobiography of a Convict; an Authentic Document After eating, we surveyed the shore of the bay where, after about a league with no water, we came upon some salt marshes which without doubt are those which Sergeant Amador mentions in his diary. The Aboriginal Population of Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, California By comparison, the fetid breath from the exposed mud banks of the salt marsh was almost refreshing. The Book of Susan A Novel Of the latter, some delight in a fresh-water morass,—others in salt marshes, where their roots may copiously absorb saline particles. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology The money was put up in my hands, the policeman procured the hay—the nastiest salt marsh hay that he could find—and compressed it to the required size by means of a strap. The Bright Side of Prison Life Experience, In Prison and Out, of an Involuntary Soujouner in Rebellion He went to see the salt marsh a few miles away where Saltville is now. Legends of the Skyline Drive and the Great Valley of Virginia There is no beach inside Barange, only the mangrove roots that writhe down to the water's edge like tangled pythons through the oozy bank of salt marsh. Where the Pavement Ends But when she saw the spires, as the train swept over the salt marshes, her heart began to beat: the blur of roofs seemed so vast, and herself so small and alone! Anne Above the salt marshes a rainbow touched the clouds, and too soon the sun was pouring upon everything a dazzling sultry heat. The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday There are mines of anthracite, antimony and copper; the island produces granite, building stone, marble, and amianthus, and there are salt marshes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" One day when the spring came, Wilf went out on the salt marshes, his gun over his shoulder, to shoot wild ducks. Grenfell: Knight-Errant of the North The salt marshes and lagoons in this vicinity are famous for the multitude of aquatic birds and waders which frequent them. The Pearl of India It nests on the salt marshes of the Atlantic coast from Maine to Cape Breton and in Prince Edward Island; and winters from South Carolina to Florida. What Bird is That? A Pocket Museum of the Land Birds of the Eastern United States Arranged According to Season This species is very common, during the summer, through all the latitudes of the United States, keeping near the sea-coast, as it prefers the salt marshes to the waters of the interior. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 5 November 1848 We’re going to catch salt fish in the salt marshes and everything. Roy Blakeley in the Haunted Camp She was conducting him over the pasture to the salt marsh, where much crow-baby food came from in those days, and he was doing his best to keep up with her stronger flight. Upon The Tree-Tops It is the same thrill which the wilting west wind steeps from the salt marsh as it comes across, some baffling and alluring ether distilled from under-sea caverns where cool green mermen tend emerald fires. Old Plymouth Trails Wide wastes of salt marsh to the right, imprisoning the upland with a vain promise of infinite liberty, and, between low, distant sand-hills, a rim of sea. Stories by American Authors, Volume 9 The sand-hills with their pines, and the salt marshes to the eastward blended together in an indistinguishable white blur. Peggy Owen and Liberty One will be more likely to find this owl near the shore, along the line of salt marshes and woody stubble, than further inland. Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 1, No. 6 June, 1897 This meadow began at the road passing in front of the house, and extended to the salt marsh which separated us from the sea. Upon The Tree-Tops The same wind, coming to me across two miles of salt marsh, had in its cool, salty aroma a life-giving principle that set the pulse to bounding and renewed vigor. Old Plymouth Trails But in the ebb of altruism in America that followed the Civil War, Amos Adams’s ship of dreams was left high and dry in the salt marsh. In the Heart of a Fool Fifteen miles of water—great huge river mouth or mouths, and open sounds of the sea, with half-submerged salt marsh islands wallowing in the midst of them.... Records of Later Life Not far away 167an opening among the trees, extending inland for several miles, showed the grasses of a salt marsh. The Pines of Lory It is an abundant species in nearly all the salt marshes along the coast. The Bird Book Illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs. The draft animals are usually small oxen or ponies, called "salt marsh tackies," as they are left to pick their living from the marshes. The Negro Farmer To fall suddenly into this little room, among people to whom a day's fishing or sauntering with a dog through salt marshes was the object of life, startled him. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 20, August 1877 Just as this coastal region to-day is covered with salt marshes, so the whole internal sea of the Carboniferous period was converted into a great swamp. The Meaning of Evolution The steep hillside abuts boldly on the salt marsh. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 26, October, 1880 Nest a ball of woven flags and grasses, lined with cat-tail down, and attached to rushes in salt marsh over two feet of water. The Bird Book Illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs. Rick rounded the corner of the salt marsh and steered the launch into the creek, reducing speed as he did so. Smugglers' Reef The worst mosquito pest along the coast of the eastern United States and for some distance inland is a species that breeds in the salt marshes. Insects and Diseases A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread or Cause some of our Common Diseases East, beautiful meadows and fields, arrayed in flowery green, sloped to the salt marshes or sandy banks of the Sound, or ended in the long white beaches which extended far into the sea. Alonzo and Melissa The Unfeeling Father The salt marsh lying within the limits of the city of Newark covers an area of about 3,500 acres. The Home Medical Library, Volume V (of VI) They are common in salt marshes, often in company with the last species and their nesting habits are similar to and the eggs not distinguished with certainty from those of the latter. 544a. The Bird Book Illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs. They drove slowly along the winding road till they came to the broad salt marshes. The Explorer This is the finest part of the Province for stock; from the extensive tracts of salt marsh which lie in this county, many thousand acres of which are dyked and produce abundant crops. History of New Brunswick In the clear morning air its voice could be heard to the tops of the green hills, and across the wide salt marsh that stretched its feathery fingers to the open sea. A Village of Vagabonds It is situated close to the Mediterranean, and is surrounded by lagunes and salt marshes. The Huguenots in France These birds are very common in nearly all the salt marshes of the coast, nesting in the marsh grass. The Bird Book Illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs. A poor man lived there on the salt marsh with his family. True to His Home A Tale of the Boyhood of Franklin The salt marsh, bounding a part of the millpond where their boat lay, was trampled into a complete quagmire. The Printer Boy. Or How Benjamin Franklin Made His Mark. An Example for Youth. Clift chocolate-brown, moist, from an originally fresh water bog, broken into 100 years ago by tide, now salt marsh; good after weathering. Peat and its Uses as Fertilizer and Fuel The town of Aiguesmortes is situated in the department of Gard, close to the Mediterranean, whose waters wash into the salt marshes and lagunes by which it is surrounded. The Huguenots in France The sea can afford to wait, even until the clean bright little town is a ruin on a salt marsh. A Poor Man's House Once there, my fancy would put on free wings, and my thoughts would stray joyously off among the salt marshes, where the pools shone in the sunlight and a sweet air blew. Marjorie Marco Polo came first to the town of Coigangui, now called Hoang-fou, on the banks of the Yellow River, where the principal industry is the preparation of the salt found in the salt marshes. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World If they have to go through a salt marsh, they are laid in concrete to preserve the iron. Diggers in the Earth Another species—the salt-water terrapin—lives in the salt marshes and ponds. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America Some eight miles to the southwest of the village there rises from the low prairie and salt marsh, at the head of Vermilion Bay, an island of high land, near a thousand acres in extent. Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War We had observed several animals coming down to this salt marsh to chew the coarse grass or to lick up the salt collected on the reeds. In the Wilds of Africa Now we were racing through a wide region of salt marsh, where within enclosures grazed hundreds of fierce black bulls, sooner or later to die in the arena. The Car of Destiny Not only the formation of these lakes, but also that of our salt marshes and cranberry-fields, I believe to be connected with the waning of the ice period. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866 Evidently the waves sweep clean across it in stormy weather when the sound is open; a salt marsh. Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled A Narrative of Winter Travel in Interior Alaska In the salting season, the salt marshes with their innumerable hillocks of white salt have the appearance of a vast tent-covered camp. Brittany & Its Byways There were wild ducks, too, to be surprised in the pools of the big salt marshes. A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell With the drying up of the water, the centre of the basin was left a salt marsh more than two hundred and fifty feet below the level of the ocean. The Western United States A Geographical Reader This was the Santa Rosa Tribe, and I followed its track along the old railroad right of way across the salt marshes to Sonoma Valley. The Scarlet Plague Having closed his door cautiously, he sat down by the open window, enjoying the soothing dampness of the fog as it came rolling in laden with the pungent fragrance of the salt marshes. Flint His Faults, His Friendships and His Fortunes Over ledges and salt marshes, at the feet of the thin, storm-broken trees, they found them, nestled there, three, four, eight in a nest, the birds flying, circling overhead. Vesty of the Basins Three miles of causeway across the salt marsh brought us to the church and village of our Lady of Guadalupe Hidalgo. Mexico and its Religion With Incidents of Travel in That Country During Parts of the Years 1851-52-53-54, and Historical Notices of Events Connected With Places Visited Sanderlings, Curlews, and other denizens of the beaches and salt marshes migrate in great numbers along our Atlantic Coast. The Bird Study Book So there I was hung up in a rummy little commuter town where the chief industry is sellin' bungalow sites on the salt marsh. Torchy, Private Sec. Habitat and Range.—In divers situations and soils; woods, river banks, near salt marshes. Handbook of the Trees of New England Over ledges and salt marshes, and the thin, storm-broken trees, and out there on the water there 's a strange color growing. Vesty of the Basins Behind the line were salt marshes and sand. The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 By this time the band was traversing a vast expanse of salt marshes, and after crossing a little tidal stream near its head, they turned sharply southwestward toward the sea. Earth's Enigmas A Volume of Stories This latter was also called ἁλμυρίς, or the salt marsh, which was still common in Egypt. The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 We drifted sometimes, while we studied our maps for the location of the salt marshes. More Jonathan Papers Standing in the middle of a salt marsh, forming the southern extremity of the great lake called the Neusiedler-See, Esterház, as the palace was named, was quite cut off from the outside world. Story-Lives of Great Musicians Of these, the most remarkable is the "terrapin": it is about the size of a common land tortoise, and haunts the shallow waters of the bay and the salt marshes around. Border and Bastille This is a necessary precaution against the attacks of muskrats, which are the principal cause of the insecurity of all salt marsh embankments. Draining for Profit, and Draining for Health The Goosefoot herbs are common weeds in most temperate climates, and grow chiefly in salt marshes, or on the sea-shore. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure When we awoke, they were gone, but we found the heronry that morning on one of the oak-covered knolls that rise like islands out of the heart of the great salt marshes. More Jonathan Papers Often seen in company of mallards, but along the Atlantic coast frequents the salt marshes and ocean much more than mallards. Ducks at a Distance A Waterfowl Identification Guide "And what do you think of that modest leg of salt marsh mutton?" asked Rodolphe. Bohemians of the Latin Quarter In the evidence given before the committee, Dr. P. Bossey testified that the malaria from salt marshes varied in intensity, being most active in the morning and in the Summer season. Draining for Profit, and Draining for Health To the south there extends a dreary plain as far as the salt marshes of the Manzano; eastward spread the wooded slopes of the plateau; above the Pecos border upon the basin. The Delight Makers “Or in September and get the shore hunting—the salt marshes.” More Jonathan Papers The favorite feeding ground is a salt marsh, with springs and creeks of brackish water. Ways of Wood Folk It is just salt marshes from one end to the other, and no one lives on them. Judy Dear marshes: The Charles River near Elmwood winds through broad salt marshes, the characteristic features of which Lowell describes with minute and loving fidelity. The Vision of Sir Launfal And Other Poems by James Russell Lowell; Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Julian W. Abernethy, PH.D. The settlers of Salisbury went at first only beyond the salt marshes, their town being what is now East Salisbury. The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 6 "I smell the salt marsh, which means land!" The Stolen Singer We cantered on, pressing along a stony road which was almost level with the salt marshes on either side. The Luck of Thirteen Wanderings and Flight through Montenegro and Serbia It is a tidal river and not far from Elmwood winds through broad salt marshes. The Vision of Sir Launfal And Other Poems by James Russell Lowell; With a Biographical Sketch and Notes, a Portrait and Other Illustrations She led the way down the cliff and towards the great silent stretch of salt marshes. The Betrayal Twenty ewes, which it was then the custom to milk, fed in pasture of salt marsh, ought to yield the same as the 2 cows. A Short History of English Agriculture The air was fresh and clean, with a tang of the distant salt marshes. The Stolen Singer Bands coated with this preparation were buried in a salt marsh, and, after a year, the metal was found intact and the coating fresh and elastic. The Water Supply of the El Paso and Southwestern Railway from Carrizozo to Santa Rosa, N. Mex. American Society of Civil Engineers: Transactions, No. 1170 They drank the bubbling waters of the Jesuits' well, and wandered about the salt marshes, Victor going ahead with a forked stick in case the rattlesnake should object to their progress. The Grey Cloak Beyond, eastwards, stretched the salt marshes, the salt marshes riven with creeks. The Betrayal Remembering how, down in the farm-house, she used to sit on the front-porch step nursing the baby, while he smoked or read, in the evenings: where they could see the salt marshes. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 74, December, 1863 Ay, all, and yet not all, for very solemnly the Prophet's optimism pauses, and he says that the salt marshes by the side of the sea are not healed. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII There, should be a church, she knew; and there, the old ruined tower built by wizards, or the Carthaginians, so old tradition ran; and there, to the westward, the great salt marshes towards Noirmoutier. Count Hannibal A Romance of the Court of France Durtal was fond of this neglected spot, with its reek of the grave and the salt marsh, and the mouldy smell, that earthy scent that comes up from a rotting soil of wet leaves. The Cathedral The smell of salt marshes, of ploughed ground, of leagues of flowering forests, was in his nostrils. Audrey This was bordered by salt marshes only, covered occasionally at spring tides by the sea, some of which extended pretty far inland. Birds of Guernsey (1879) And the Neighbouring Islands: Alderney, Sark, Jethou, Herm; Being a Small Contribution to the Ornitholony of the Channel Islands Poor little Felipa lived on the edge of the great salt marsh alone with her grand-parents, for her mother was dead. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 102, June, 1876 But there are fordings and a salt marsh; and with Madame and the women—” “It would be longer?” Count Hannibal A Romance of the Court of France Steddles, stout stakes driven into the salt marshes, on which the hay-ricks are set, and thus raised out of the reach of high tides. The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell Thus Auricula australis prevails in salt marshes at Brisbane Water, and an allied species in similar places in New Zealand. Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 2 Over the salt marsh in the valley, a flock of plovers dipped and wheeled, their backs and wide flapping wings black, till, in turning, their breasts and undersides flashed into snow and pearl. Deadham Hard Our world down there on the edge of the salt marsh, however, was a small one: when two persons went out of it there was a vacuum at once. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 102, June, 1876 As soon as they drove out of the wood, the smell of the salt marsh came to them, and they saw that the road led between low meadows, with wooded knolls here and there. Citizen Bird Scenes from Bird-Life in Plain English for Beginners The country continued low, the same alternation of sand and salt marsh, although the bushes were increasing in size, and they were interspersed here and there with trees of some height. The Shadow of the North A Story of Old New York and a Lost Campaign The flight of the little Sand-Pipers, which frequent the salt marshes in numerous flocks, is particularly worthy of study. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 17, March, 1859 Around five o'clock on summer mornings, he plants himself on a knob of rock overlooking the salt marsh and barks, possibly in honour of the rising sun, but with no other perceptible purpose. Vanishing Roads and Other Essays But their self-congratulation is wasted, Lymington itself is a very pleasant and clean town, even if its shore is a dreary stretch of salt marsh, grey and depressing on the sunniest day. Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter Here are several extensive salt marshes, which Mr. Fraser thinks are admirably adapted for the growth of cotton. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 368, May 2, 1829 During the absence of the boat, Mr. Bedwell landed abreast the anchorage, and walked a mile inland to one of the salt marshes. Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 1 She wrote: Botanists have failed to mention that there is any connection between asparagus, originally a product of salt marshes, and Yucca, a product of the alkaline desert. Her Father's Daughter The salt marshes of Glynn County, Georgia, immediately around the sea-coast city of Brunswick. The Poems of Sidney Lanier It may well be imagined how disappointed we were on reaching the spot to find only a small brook running into a salt marsh, with water in winter, but dry in summer. Explorations in Australia, Illustrated, If he had, he would have given a wide berth to the salt marsh and the wharf project. From Boyhood to Manhood Life of Benjamin Franklin No less startling is the transformation of lagoon into salt marsh, and marsh into cultivable soil, witnessed between the Spanish frontier, Perpignan and Nîmes. In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller" On the dry salt marsh here is scarce any other plant than salicornia herbacea. The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources He followed it with his eye as it streamed along over the far-stretching arches, and struck out into the flat, salt marshes beyond. A Foregone Conclusion Leaving the flat, we struck North-North-East for four miles, and came to a salt marsh about half a mile wide, which we crossed. Explorations in Australia, Illustrated, The salt marsh bounding a part of the mill-pond where their boat lay was tramped into a quagmire. From Boyhood to Manhood Life of Benjamin Franklin Just salt marshes—and beyond them, the sea. The Call of the Cumberlands The day following, search was again made for fresh water, and Grant went up the creek which was found to terminate in a salt marsh. The Logbooks of the Lady Nelson With the journal of her first commander Lieutenant James Grant She had seen certain longings after the ocean, and seals, and whales, in her husband; and did not consider him safe, as long as he could scent the odours of a salt marsh. The Sea Lions The Lost Sealers Fine high hills and ranges to the north; a salt marsh and low ranges to the east and South-East. Explorations in Australia, Illustrated, There are long, long stretches of sand and thin grass in other places, or else mile after mile of muddy, dreary, salt marshes. On the Seashore It was decided to attempt crossing at this place, and, after travelling for an hour across the salicornia flat, reached the bare salt marsh. Journals of Australian Explorations There they were, two large grizzled brutes, feeding on the salt marsh grass like two cows. American Big Game in Its Haunts The water at which they had now arrived was rather a salt marsh than the sea, a shallow bay stretching from the mouth of the Gulf of Lepanto into the land for several miles. The Life of Lord Byron At twenty-seven miles crossed a salt marsh, about one mile wide, and, continuing three miles farther, reached the peaked hill, which was composed of granite, capped with immense blocks, giving it a very remarkable appearance. Explorations in Australia, Illustrated, Around it was nothing but rain sogged meadows that scarcely rose above the salt marshes that ran to the dunes where the Atlantic was beating. The Unspeakable Gentleman With Messrs. Turner, Brown, Harding, and Brockman, landed at 7 a.m., and walked to the sheet of water observed last night, but found it only a tidal inlet, terminating in a salt marsh. Journals of Australian Explorations This landing was probably near Wells Neck, and the meadows which they saw were the salt marshes of Wells. Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 02 Missolonghi is situated on the south side of the salt marsh or shallow, along the north coast of the Gulf of Corinth, nearly opposite to Patras. The Life of Lord Byron There were salt marshes around it, and on three sides it was protected by water. Once Upon a Time in Connecticut The tang of the salt marshes was in the wind, and a touch of frost over the meadows told me the ducks would soon be coming in from shelter. The Unspeakable Gentleman When they had advanced not more than twenty miles, driven by a fierce wind, they were forced to cast anchor near the salt marshes of Wells. Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 01 The salt marshes in the distance were white and glistening, and the heat spread over them in a white mist which looked like a mirage bearing fantastic ships. The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton Volume II Majestic forests cover this Cordillera of the interior, and they are joined by a woody vale to the open clayey lands and salt marshes of the environs of Cumana. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 Then he looked about rather vacantly, for his mind, it was clear, was far away, and added, "Do you want: I mean, were you talking about the new drainage mill for the salt marshes?" Stella Fregelius Leaving the boats on the salt marsh, we entered the woods and ascended the sand-hills of the Gulf coast, when a boundless view of the sea broke upon us. Four Months in a Sneak-Box The very winds that rustled through the fragrant pines, and wandered fitfully across the vivid green of the salt marshes, breathed peace and repose. The Stillwater Tragedy The grass and the leaves on the trees were covered with dust, the roads and dried-up salt marshes were baked so hard that they rang when trodden on. The Cossacks The Migratory Species breed on the salt marshes, fly long distances, do not habitually enter houses, and are not carriers of diseases so far as known. Three Acres and Liberty One by one, at the desire of his mother, the lad broke down his cherished traps and springes for the hungry wild birds on the salt marsh. Marius the Epicurean — Volume 1 While traversing this coast from St. Marks to Cedar Keys, I observed the peculiar features of a long coast-line of salt marshes, against which the waves broke gently. Four Months in a Sneak-Box As they struggled through the salt marsh, the rank sedge cut their naked limbs, and the tide rose to their waists. Pioneers of France in the New World It was raining, the long stretches of salt marsh were windswept and brown and bleak. The Portygee Nor did any visit it at this season of the year, when no cattle grazed upon these salt marshes. Red Eve The difficulty with Jersey was that its seacoast was a monotonous line of breakers with dangerous shoal inlets, few harbors, and vast mosquito infested salt marshes and sandy thickets. The Quaker Colonies, a chronicle of the proprietors of the Delaware At sunset we ran into the mouth of a creek near the village of East Pascagoula, and there slept in our boats, which were securely tied to stakes driven into the salt marsh. Four Months in a Sneak-Box "The salt marsh at the end of the cove," answered the lightkeeper. The Woman-Haters: a yarn of Eastboro twin-lights Far over is the sea, Fronting the sand, a few great yellow dunes, A salt marsh stumbling after, rank and green, With brackish gullies wandering in between, All this from the hill. Anthology of Massachusetts Poets I was neither at the hot gates Nor fought in the warm rain Nor knee deep in the salt marsh, heaving a cutlass, Bitten by flies, fought. Poems "Well, my poor lad, why don't you try to earn more at the salt marshes, or by carrying the salt to the harbor?" A Drama on the Seashore He had become rather discouraged in his efforts to reclaim the salt marsh, and came to the conclusion that it would never be of much value. The Chignecto Isthmus and its first settlers Judging by the length of time he had been rowing, he must be close to the mouth of the Slough, where, winding through the salt marshes, it emerged into the Back Harbor. The Woman-Haters: a yarn of Eastboro twin-lights Not only every reed and rush of the salt marshes, every uncertain aspen-leaf of the few trees, but every particle of the October air shows a shadow and makes a mystery of the light. The Rhythm of Life "And the legs of mutton of the salt marshes," said Porthos, smacking his lips. Twenty Years After We returned to Croisic by the salt marshes, through the labyrinth of which we were guided by our fisherman, now as silent as ourselves. A Drama on the Seashore Perhaps there he could embark; if not, crossing the salt marshes, he would repair to Guerande-en-Croisic, to wait for an opportunity to cross over to Belle-Isle. Ten Years Later At the foot of the hill he was surprised to find the salt marsh a sea of water not a vestige of ground above the surface. The Woman-Haters: a yarn of Eastboro twin-lights One had lost his head in battle; another had died for lack of food, amid the salt marshes of the Crimea; another had fallen in captivity and been unable to survive the disgrace. Taras Bulba and Other Tales They were salt gatherers and earned a scanty livelihood by working the adjacent salt marshes. Four Short Stories By Emile Zola |
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