Hungry, hungry otters may help marshes with climate change

A sea otter eats a shellfish while floating in Elkhorn Slough estuary in Monterey Bay, California, USA.

A new study in the journal Nature shows that strengthening populations of sea otters in a California salt marsh is changing its physical landscape to become more climate-resilient and less affected by soil erosion. And it comes down to something as simple as what they’re eating.



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