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Coastal wetlands are sometimes called the kidneys of Earth’s ecosystems because of their ability to filter out pollutants, but increasingly they are coping with two major risk factors—rising sea levels and land use change. Nathaniel Weston, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Geography and the Environment, along with students Lloyd Willis ’20 CLAS and Kristen Jezycki ’19 MS talk about how coastal wetlands are responding to a changing world.