Oddly enough, at Nickerson, sand dunes and salt marshes are nowhere to be found, let alone an ocean beach.
The Conservancy owns or has easements on 50, 000 acres of barrier islands and salt marshes on Virginia's eastern shore.
The Republican victory was also tempered by Democratic wins in conservative pockets of the state, including the hills and hollows of the south-west and the quiet coves and salt marshes of Chesapeake Bay.
Although a scheme such as the Russell lagoons would cover about 60% of area affected by the Cardiff-Weston proposal, the environmental group argued that it would leave much of the inter-tidal mudflats and salt marshes unaffected.
The Lymington River Association (LRA) argued that the bigger W class ferries created a greater wash and were damaging the Lymington River with its protected mudflats and salt marshes, which are rich in bird and marine life.
She underlined the role of salt marshes, mangroves and tidal marshes in carbon sequestration, noting their carbon capacity exceeds that of many other terrestrial habitats.
Habitats in the biosphere reserve comprise barrier islands, beach and sand dunes, salt marshes, maritime forests, tidal creeks, fresh and brackish water impoundments and open water areas.
At the other end of town, overlooking the stunning salt marshes and sand dunes of Cape Cod Bay, is the Inn at the Moors, with recently renovated rooms (many with balconies offering stellar views), continental breakfast and an outdoor pool.
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Some marine ecosystems, such as mangroves, salt marshes and seagrass meadows, beyond having high biodiversity values and providing breeding grounds and nurseries for fisheries, can also play a key role in mitigating global climate change through their ability to store carbon.
Some of these ecosystems, such as mangroves, salt marshes and seagrass meadows, beyond having high biodiversity values and providing breeding grounds and nurseries for fisheries, can also play a key role in mitigating global climate change through their ability to store carbon.
Rahmsdorf points to a paper written by colleagues of his that used measures of how sediments build up in salt marshes in North Carolina and surveys of what type of microscopic shells could be found in them.
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Restoration work, such as reconstructing salt marshes near the island of Burano and sand dunes at Cavallino, and planting eel grass all over the place, is part of the solution.
They are saying that as sea levels rise then the salt marshes will continue to grow thus absorbing and sequestrating more carbon.
Dr Iris Moeller of Cambridge University and her colleagues, study those often-forgotten features of our coastline, the salt marshes.
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