Marine biologist, research scientist, environmentalist and author Thomas Belton joins the Barnegat Bay Partnership next Tuesday, Jan. 19, for the latest in the BBP’s “Ask a Barnegat Bay Scientist” webinar series. Tune in 7-8 p.m. to hear Belton’s presentation, “Adaptation to a Warming Planet: Rising Seas and Eroding Salt Marshes.”

Tidal salt marshes cover more than 200,000 acres of New Jersey’s coastal landscape, “supplying vital habitat for wildlife, maintaining water quality and helping to protect people from storm surge and flooding,” the BBP…