Life in a fishing town is brilliantly evoked in 'The Boy from the Sea' and there’s compassion aplenty, even for characters ...

These dissolved salty minerals eventually reach the oceans, bringing 4 billion tons of salt to the sea each year. If the rivers carry salt, why aren’t they salty too? Rainwater dilutes the rivers and ...

In Poland, along the Baltic Sea coast, the protected salicornia herbacea can be found. This plant plays a crucial role in its ...

Spartina, a sea grass, becomes the unifying metaphor of the book. “Only the spartinas thrived in the salt flood, shut themselves against the salt but drank the water,” Mr. Casey wrote.