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Salt marshes are proving to be powerful allies in building a climate-resilient coastline

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Salt marsh sediment and vegetation can remain largely intact even during extreme storm surges. This was demonstrated in a large-scale experiment in which researchers transported sections of salt marsh to an experimental facility capable of producing the world's largest artificial waves.

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  1. Nature

    The contribution of salt marshes to wave attenuation during extreme storms (opens Nature)

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    Nature, Published online: 21 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11145-8 Salt marsh platforms resist erosion under extreme waves, but vegetation damage reduces wave attenuation; substantial wave attenuation by vegetation is mainly limited to low-energy marsh coasts with waves below 1 m.

  2. Nature

    Scientists put a salt marsh in a giant wave-machine: here's what they learned (opens Nature)

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    Nature, Published online: 21 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03376-6 Experiment shows how these ecosystems could protect coastlines from huge storms — plus, new evidence hints at what Denisovans might have looked like.

  3. Science Alert

    Scientists Transplanted 306 Square Meters of Wild Salt Marsh Into The World's Largest Wave Machine And Let a Simulated Extreme Storm Rip (opens Science Alert)

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    If we really want to know how our coastlines are going to fare under extreme...

  4. Phys

    Salt marshes are proving to be powerful allies in building a climate-resilient coastline (opens Phys)

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    Salt marsh sediment and vegetation can remain largely intact even during extreme storm surges. This was demonstrated in a large-scale experiment in which researchers transported sections of salt marsh to an experimental facility capable of producing the world's largest artificial waves.

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