High Marsh (IMAGE)

Virginia Institute of Marine Science

High Marsh

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High-elevation marshes are more vulnerable to sea-level rise, but grow more resilient as they succumb to rising waters and are replaced by low marsh.

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© M. Kirwan/VIMS.

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