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Altieri and co-authors suggest that a community and ecosystems perspective that integrates knowledge of organismal physiology with species interactions can reveal new insights into ecological feedbacks and the potential mechanisms that underlie the resilience of tropical ecosystems to deoxygenation.

Human activities are resetting which species hold the most sway over ecosystem behavior, says Christine Angelini, principal investigator for the study. Because of overfishing and climate change, purple marsh crabs are “wreaking havoc everywhere” across their range

“The pines, oaks, cedars and palms have this orderly trajectory of death based on who can hack it in a saline environment and who can’t” – David Kaplan, CCS.

Thought leaders and industry experts gathered virtually to help envision new technologies and applications to measure, communicate and mitigate negative coastal impacts. Summary of summit and discussions:

CCS Researcher and Economist Christa Court reveals the impact of recent algae blooms to the Florida economy.  

An international team of researchers discovered a way of increasing restoration success of salt marshes and seagrass meadows, using biodegradable mats, made from the by-products of potato processing.