The 2025 GL #MMPSurvey season is almost complete! Great Lakes Marsh Monitors should check their email inboxes. I just distributed your latest email update.
https://mailchi.mp/e9fb58173466/glmmpapril2024-17443565
#birds #frogs #wetlands #marshes #habitatmatters #getoutside

Ghost forests are growing due to #sealevelrise
As trees choked by #saltwater die along low-lying coasts, #marshes may move in. Arboreal graveyards are showing up in places where the land slopes gently into the ocean and where salty water increasingly encroaches. Along the United States’ East Coast, in pockets of the West Coast, and elsewhere, saltier soils have killed hundreds of thousands of acres of trees, leaving behind woody skeletons typically surrounded by #marsh.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/04/ghost-forests-are-growing-as-sea-levels-rise/

It was a hard and nervy kite aerial photography session - but we got one of the most fascinating lakes in Slovenia: the nearly circular Podpeč lake, a true Eye of the Marshes.

https://kapjasa.si/en/eye-of-the-marshes/

#kiteaerialphotography #KAP #kite #flying #aerial #lake #sinkhole #cenote #karst #LjubljanaMarshes #LjubljanskBarje #Podpeč #Jezero #podpeškojezero #eye #Marshes #Slovenia

Celebrating May Day with some glorious shots of Ljubljana Marshes glowing in the late afternoon sun.

https://kapjasa.si/en/a-glorious-day/

#kiteaerialphotography #KAP #kite #flying #aerial #LjubljanaMarshes #LjubljanskoBarje #marshes #barje #nature #spring #sun #Ljubljana #Slovenia

"But who will reveal to our waking ken, The forms that swim and the shapes that creep, Under the waters of sleep? And I would I could know what swimmeth below when the tide comes in...” The Marshes of Glynn by Sidney Lanier - 1878. 📷 from Library of Congress #SwampSunday #Marshes

Accurate estimation of #VegetationBiomass is a critical component for estimating #TerrestrialEcosystem #CarbonStocks, but research on biomass estimation for #Herbaceous #Marshes remains limited. Thus, Xianglong Jin et al. explored the #AllometricEquations for estimating above- and below-ground biomass of #Reed (#PhragmitesAustralis) marshes.
https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtae113

Stories from #TheAmazon, #Kenya and #Zimbabwe

#WorldWaterDay: 3 stories of #resistance and #restoration from around the globe

Kristine Sabillo, 21 Mar 2025

"More than 2 billion people around the world live without access to safe drinkable water, as rivers, #groundwater, lakes and #glaciers face continued threats of #pollution and overexploitation due to #urbanization, #EnvironmentalDestruction, and #ClimateChange .

"This World Water Day, #Mongabay looks back at some of its coverage from 2024 on how local communities are trying to protect the world’s dwindling water resources."

https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/world-water-day-3-stories-of-resistance-and-restoration-from-around-the-globe/
#WaterSecurity #WaterIsLife #RiversAreLife #OceansAreLife #Wetlands #Marshes #Rivers

Sometimes a kite aerial photo seems dull ... Wrong camera settings? Lack of post-processing skills? Is it the old adage - dull weather, dull photos?

Perhaps.

But, at least to us, the real question is - is there really such a thing as a "dull" kite aerial photo? 😉

https://kapjasa.si/en/when-the-skies-are-grey/

#kiteaerialphotography #KAP #kite #kites #flying #aerial #marshes #nature #landscape #grey #weather #LjubljanaMarshes #LjubljanskoBarje #Barje #Insta #rokkaku #Slovenia

Volunteers Needed for Marsh Monitoring. Put your joy of #wetlands, #birds and #frogs to help conserve #marshes. Learn more at https://www.birdscanada.org/gl_mmp

I'm looking forward to being part of the inaugural Watersheds National Conference.
Come & chat about your lake, your loons, how to survey your birds and what you can do to help.
The early bird deadline is today!
https://buff.ly/40t9E2A
#birds #lakes #freshwater #loveyourlake #marshes #volunteering #wetlands
#BirdsCanada #Haliburton

Costal ecosystems

https://www.audubon.org/news/our-coasts-are-stronger-ever-thanks-big-win-little-known-law

#coasts
#ecosystems
#marshes

Marshes are cost-effective for protecting coasts: Study #nature #environment #marshes https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2024/10/marshes-are-cost-effective-for-protecting-coasts-study/

#grasses #marshes #ProvinceLands #GetOutSide #PTown
Went out to go to Lighthouse but misjudged the tide and no way to get across water, so spent awhile just sitting on hillside enjoying sun, then picked a few cranberries.

Check out IOB's latest article:
Sophie George corresponding IOB author, shares the urgency of conserving Georgia's salt marshes. (@)LinkedIn
& the IOB read

https://doi.org/10.1093/iob/obae031

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/sophie-george-sicb-journals-oeaqc

#conservation #biology #womeninstem #womeninscience #marshes

The largest growth came from expanding #landfills, booming #livestock production, increased #coal mining & surging consumption of #NaturalGas.

The report also uncovered worrying evidence that #human disruptions have boosted the amount of #methane released by #lakes, #marshes & other ecosystems.

#climate #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #GreenhouseGases #GlobalWarming #ExtremeWeather #science

The #FloridaStatePark website advertises Anastasia State Park this way:

"Welcome to #AnastasiaStatePark

More than 1,600 acres of #unspoiled #beaches, tidal #marshes, maritime hammocks and #ancient sand dunes make this a captivating destination for visitors.

[The #park] is a #haven for #visitors and for #wildlife. Abundant wading #birds hunt for food along #SaltRun, including [many bird species]."

https://www.floridastateparks.org/anastasia

Sinking in Saltwater: #Maine’s #coastal #marshes at risk as sea levels rise

Between 28 and 57 percent of the state’s coastal marshes could disappear by the end of the century, victims of a rising sea, coastal #development and #PollutedRunoff.

By
Kate Cough
July 28, 2024

PORTLAND — "It takes hundreds of years for a #SaltMarsh to form, for fine sediment brought in on the tides to settle in sections of shoreline sheltered from the worst of the wind and waves. As salt-tolerant plants — smooth #cordgrass, #SaltmarshHay, #saltgrass, #BlackRush — begin to grow, their dense stems and roots trap more sediment, and the marsh builds more rapidly, up and out.

"#Crabs, #shrimp and #worms arrive, drawn to the rich food of dying marsh grasses, followed by a variety of #fish — #alewives, #StripedBass, #smelt and Sea-run #BrookTrout among them — many of which eventually migrate between the marsh and the sea.
logo for the sinking in saltwater series

"Acre by acre, a healthy salt marsh anchors a #FoodWeb 'more productive than most midwestern #farmland,' according to a 2003 paper published by the University of Maine.

"The same dense grasses that are so good at trapping silt also excel at ensnaring pollutants, pulling out nitrogen and nutrients that cause #AlgalBlooms, and burying #toxic #contaminants in the peat.

"Once established, plants in salt marshes grow quickly, fed by the rich soil, and pull #carbon from the atmosphere. Salt marshes are ten times more effective at storing carbon than tropical forests, and, left undisturbed, can trap the gas in the ground for centuries, a phenomenon scientists refer to as 'blue carbon.'

"Maine has some of the most extensive blue carbon reservoirs in the northeast — second only to Massachusetts, according to a study published by the Environmental Protection Agency in 2023.

"But as sea levels rise and development presses in, these reservoirs, and the habitats they create, are at risk of disappearing.

"An analysis by the University of Maine suggests that a significant portion of the Maine’s salt marshes — between 28 and 57 percent, depending on the sea level rise scenario — could be gone by the end of the century. They are also threatened by polluted runoff from #pesticides, #septic systems and #AgriculturalWaste.

"'The decisions Mainers make over the next 10 years are going to determine whether these important ecosystems persist,' said Bates professor Beverly Johnson, who has been studying blue carbon for years, speaking to The #MaineClimateCouncil in December.

"Over the past 25 years, nearly 300 acres of Maine’s wetlands — both fresh and saltwater — have been impacted by or lost to development, according to a Press Herald/Maine Monitor analysis of data from the state’s In Lieu Fee Compensation Program. The program allows developers to fill or convert certain #wetlands if they pay a fee, money that is used for conservation projects elsewhere."

Read more:
https://themainemonitor.org/sinking-in-saltwater/

#BlueCarbon #SeaLevelRise #SaveTheMarshes #SaveTheWetlands #SaveSearsIsland #ScarboroughMarsh #SaveSmilingHillFarm #GorhamConnector #RedBrook #WaterIsLife #OceansAreLife #PesticideRunoff #SewageRunOff #Pollution #WebOfLife

In France, Roam With Flamingos and Cowboys in a Land of Pink Marshes

Horses, bulls and birds of all types live among the pink marshes of the Camargue, a rugged landscape shaped by the relentless push and pull of sea and river. #France #Roam #Flamingos #Cowboys #Land #Pink #Marshes

https://telecastindia.in/in-france-roam-with-flamingos-and-cowboys-in-a-land-of-pink-marshes/