In estuaries—the transitional zones between rivers and the sea—fresh and salt water are constantly battling for dominance.

Around the world, estuaries are expected to become saltier in the coming decades. Estuaries are the zones where the rivers meet the sea. These bodies of water transition between fresh and salt water.

Estuaries are dynamic ecosystems that have some of the highest biotic diversity and levels of production in the world. Humans have had a long relationship with the ebb and flow of estuaries around ...

What can estuaries, mixture locations salt and freshwater, teach environmentalists about pollution and extreme events? This ...

What is the state of estuarine ecosystem restoration? Many estuaries show no significant ecological improvement despite many years of extensive restoration and conservation efforts. Increasing ...

Engineers have created a sophisticated computer model that tracks how water moves in estuaries -- which is critical for evaluating climate variability and sea level fluctuation impacts for coastal ...

Professor Karin Bryan is the recipient of a Marsden Fund grant to investigate these heat waves and joins Emile Donovan.

Estuaries around the world expected to become saltier in the coming decades ...