Silliman Drought Cage (IMAGE) Duke University Caption This is a dying salt marsh following the extreme 2011 drought in China. Plants inside a crab exclusion cage managed to survive, but others vanished, turning the once lush marshes into a bare salt flat. Credit Qiang He Usage Restrictions None License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.