Coastal marshes provide valuable protection for coastal communities from storm-induced wave, flood, and structural loss in a changing climate.

ABSTRACT: Wetlands such as tidal marshes and mangroves are known to buffer coastal communities from wave, flood, and structural loss during storms. Coastal communities and resource managers seek to understand the ecosystem service value of coastal wetlands for reducing storm-induced flood loss in a changing climate. A recent modeling study found that a tall and dense Phragmites-dominated Piermont Marsh reduced the flood loss in the Village of Piermont, New York, U.S.A. during Superstorm Sandy and the 1% annual chance flood and wave event by 8% and 11%, respectively. Here we used the same modeling approach to examine the marsh's buffering capacity in a changing climate (from 2020 to 2100), considering a potential marsh restoration plan (from 2020 to 2025) and potential marsh loss due to sea-level ris

SUBMITTER: Peter Sheng Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8866407 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature