Returning to the marsh

The Steart Marshes, where a creek system has been created to allow the land to return to salt marsh, in Somerset, southwest England. The project allowed coastal waters to flood the Steart Peninsula in 2014 for the first time in centuries, and what had become farmland began to turn back into an ancient ecosystem that accomodates the ebb and flow of the sea’s tides. — ©2024 The New York Times Company

THE rain has fallen for what feels like two years straight in Britain: drizzles, showers, and troubling downpours.

Although the British have long embraced rainy days, this deluge is no longer just weather talk.