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ClimateWire: Pollution from agricultural production degrades coastal salt marshes more quickly than previously thought, according to a study published in the journal Nature. The decline of these ecosystems, the authors add, not only harms the plants and animals that inhabit them but undermines the storage capacity of one of the world's primary carbon sinks.
"Perhaps the most obvious [benefit that salt marshes provide] is they're nursery grounds for many fish, shellfish and birds, especially migrating birds......
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Farm runoff is accelerating demise of protective coastal salt marshes
Posted by ClimateWire: Robert S. Eshelman on October 23rd, 2012
Posted in Water Conservation