Episode 8 – Coastal wetlands

In this episode, Amy and Nate talk with Scott Warren – Nate’s grandfather and a retired professor of botany at Connecticut College about coastal wetlands and their role in the climate crisis. We learned what coastal wetlands are, the main threats to them and the things that we can do as individuals to protect them. We also talked about some of the cool things you can see in coastal wetlands – like fiddler crabs and egrets (like in the pictures below).

Male fiddler crab showing off his large claw
Snowy egret hunting in the salt marshes of Cape Cod