WRA’s Jordan Rosencranz, former researcher with the U.S. Geological Survey, is co-author of a USGS-led study on coastal wetlands and sea-level rise. The article, “U.S. Pacific coastal wetland resilience and vulnerability to sea-level rise” was published in the Science Advances journal on February 21, 2018. Read the full article here.
Additional Resources
- USGS: New USGS-Led Study Could Help Pacific Wetlands Adapt to Sea Level Rise
- Los Angeles Times: Salt marshes will vanish in less than a century if seas keep rising and California keeps building, study finds
- National Audubon Society: West Coast Marshes Are Drowning, But There’s Still Time to Save Their Birds
- Newsweek: Wetlands in California and Oregon Could Disappear with Sea Level Rise