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Storm-proofing with marshes

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Shorelines are vulnerable to the destructive waves and water levels of increasingly frequent extreme storm events. Wave tank experiments demonstrate that salt marsh vegetation dissipates wave energy and withstands extreme storm conditions.

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Figure 1: Bimodal response of vegetated and unvegetated shorelines to extreme events.

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  1. Sergio Fagherazzi is in the Department of Earth and Environment, Boston University, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA,

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Fagherazzi, S. Storm-proofing with marshes. Nature Geosci 7, 701–702 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2262

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