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Changing Seas
At the Water’s Edge: The Salt Marsh
Season 13
Episode 1302
) Along scenic coastlines in the South, waves of mesmerizing green and golden grass stretch to the horizon. This is the salt marsh - a part liquid, part solid landscape that is teeming with life. How do scientists study the salt marsh? And how resilient is it to climate change?
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