20th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest The American Experience
The Battle Against Sea Level Rise - Saving Salt Marshes with Runnels
Tired at the end of a long field day, a salt marsh ecologist follows low-ground-pressure excavator tracks out of the marsh. The excavator was used to create a shallow narrow channel - a runnel - to allow a flooded area of marsh to revegetate, buying the salt marsh time in the face of sea level rise.
Photo Detail
| Date Taken: | 10.2020 |
| Date Uploaded: | 11.2022 |
| Photo Location: | Dartmouth, Massachusetts, United States of America |
| Camera: | iPhone 7 Plus |
| Copyright: | © Diana Brennan |