[SEMCO] MBL Science Before Supper to Explore Rising Seas and the Fate of Coastal Salt Marshes

[Gina Hebert]

Join us at the library when the MBL "Science Before Supper" series explores the state of our coastline. View this email in your browser 



Anne Giblin, interim director of the Ecosystems Center at the Marine Biological Laboratory will discuss rising seas and how they affect the condition of our coastal salt marshes this Thursday, January 5. 

Sea level has risen an average of four millimeters a year along the northern East Coast over the past two decades, and the rate of rise is projected to increase. How the saltmarsh responds has important implications for humans and for wildlife. The marsh acts as a buffer between residential areas and the ocean, protecting the land from tidal surges due to storms. Read more... 





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