Assess students' ability to design an integrated research program that combines remote sensing (UAVs, LiDAR, multispectral/hyperspectral), field methods (sediment cores, SETs/RTK-GNSS, biomass and soil C assays), data integration and uncertainty analysis, and process-based/empirical modeling to quantify current blue carbon stocks and sequestration rates in coastal salt marshes, project outcomes under multiple sea-level rise scenarios, and produce actionable management and policy recommendations to maximize carbon storage.