Humans threaten wetlands' ability to keep pace with sea-level rise

Wednesday, December 4, 2013 - 13:31 in Earth & Climate

Left to themselves, coastal wetlands can resist rapid levels of sea-level rise. But humans could be sabotaging some of their best defenses, according to a Nature review paper published Thursday from the Virginia Institute of Marine Science and the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center.

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