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

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 ...

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 ...

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

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Aquifers deep underground supply the drinking water for most of the capital region. As the freshwater is pumped out of the ground, salt water begins to creep closer to those ...

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 ...

“So, the switchgrass actually is working here.” Could it work on other farms impacted by saltwater intrusion? And if so, would there be a market for it? For many coastal farms, the answers to ...