A new study reveals that peatlands—a vital carbon store that many people have never heard of—are dangerously under-protected, ...
Grist dives into Florida’s ironic water scarcity problem, borne from climate change, a development boom, and the overexploitation of groundwater.
A University of Nebraska-Lincoln research team has identified new microscopic players in the global carbon cycle, a discovery ...
Peat bogs sequester a huge amount of carbon dioxide. But as scientists work to better understand bogs' sequestration, they're under threat.
A Nebraska research team recently published a study in Communications Earth and Environment that is one of the first to show ...
Valdivia, Chile, has become the first Latin American city to be designated as a Wetland City by the Ramsar Convention.
While the restoration of natural areas is high on political agendas, a comprehensive new study shows that -- after more than two decades -- biodiversity growth has stalled in restored Danish wetlands.
Louisiana has lost 2,000 square miles of coastal wetlands since the 1930s. A Baton Rouge Magnet High student is studying the ...
If you’ve ever taken Interstate 5 toward downtown San Diego, chances are that you’ve seen the last remaining 1% of coastal wetlands in Mission Bay. Home to a variety of unique ecosystems that act as ...
Wetlands are nature’s own flood defence system. They act like giant sponges, absorbing excess rainwater, slowing down runoff, ...
No one was hurt, but the residents of KÄ«hei Kai were left with a badly damaged building and a costly cleanup. Flooding is an ...
A year ago, one of the first local concerns raised about the state’s Freshwater Wetlands Act was a decrease in property tax assessments around Chautauqua Lake. Additional concerns have arisen since ...