An 18-year study of coastal erosion that local leaders hoped would lead to the rebuilding... Coastal erosion destroying marsh habitat Beaumont Enterprise Logo Hearst Newspapers Logo ...

Various sources have estimated that between 15,000 and 24,000 acres of Gulf Coast salt marshes experienced plant stem oiling above a 90% threshold as a result of the Deepwater Horizon spill.

Deepwater Horizon oil spill may have caused ‘irreversible’ damage to Gulf Coast marshes. Published 11:45 am Wednesday ... They also act as breakwaters and buffer the shoreline from erosion. ...

This finding suggests that marshes are intrinsically resilient to (i.e., able to recover from) oil-induced perturbation, especially in warmer climates such as the Gulf of Mexico, where oil degradation ...

Much of that decline is due to oil-and-gas development in the Gulf of Mexico, which provides the U.S. with about 30 percent of its crude oil and 12 percent of its natural gas, according to the U.S ...

Like others attuned to the value of Gulf Coast marshes, ... Projects to slow erosion, including living shorelines and 9.5 acres of artificial reefs installed this year, are ongoing.

A sandpiper forages for food where a mat of weathered oil from the 2010 BP oil spill remains on wetland grasses at Bay Jimmy in Plaquemines Parish, Wednesday, April 18, 2012. A new study indicates ...

Seafloor erosion is tied to upriver dams, river bank armoring and lower delta levees, according to the study. About 50,000 dams built on the Mississippi's tributaries halt the downriver flow of ...

Salt marshes are also critical for various wildlife, and birds will feed, rest and even nest in these low-lying features. The natural shoreline of North Carolina currently absorbs 64 metric tons ...

The study suggested that erosion in these places was more than three times higher than in marshes with no oil at all, and on average was about 1.4 meters per year higher than normal.

Like others attuned to the value of Gulf Coast marshes, ... Projects to slow erosion, including living shorelines and 9.5 acres of artificial reefs installed this year, are ongoing.