Freshwater salinization is rising due to pollution and ocean intrusion, threatening water supplies, agriculture, and ...

Salt is lethal to crops typically grown on Delmarva — the corn, soybeans and wheat that become fodder for the region’s $5 ...

As seawater creeps further into coastlines, salt threatens to pollute the freshwater reserves that people depend on. But this ...

The slow underground creep of saltwater toward a major drinking water aquifer is stirring debate on the board meant to ...

Saltwater intrusion includes both surface and subsurface additions of saline water to the soil profile. This occurs on landscapes adjacent to the Chesapeake Bay and other brackish waters, including ...

Despite this variability, the researchers noted that the effects of climate change ... salt coming from pollution on land as well as saltwater intrusion." Kaushal explained that salinization ...

Jefferson Parish officials have taken action to counter the looming threat of saltwater intrusion as a salt wedge progresses toward the area.

Despite this variability, the researchers noted that the effects of climate change ... salt coming from pollution on land as well as saltwater intrusion.” Kaushal explained that salinization ...

Saltwater intrusion, exacerbated by climate change, is threatening farmland on the Delmarva Peninsula, impacting the region's agriculture and the Chesapeake Bay's health. Researchers are studying ...

The move came after an LSU researcher recently recommended a three-year effort to build a saltwater-intrusion computer model for the Baton Rouge area amid concerns about slowly rising salt levels ...