http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Peatlands, especially those in tropical regions, sequester gigantic amounts of organic carbon. Human activities are now having a considerable impact on these wetlands. For example, drainage projects, in combination with the effects of periodic droughts, can lead to large-scale fires, which release enormous amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2) into the atmosphere, and thus contribute to global warming. http://www.physorg.com/news178803752.html Space & Earth Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:43:01 EST news178803752 Water managers and the White House signed a crucial contract Thursday that promises a much-needed infusion of federal dollars for the Everglades. http://www.physorg.com/news169483473.html Space & Earth Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:46:23 EST news169483473 As sometimes happens with science, Greg Hood went looking for one thing, and found something else: tidal beavers. http://www.physorg.com/news162397427.html Biology Sun, 24 May 2009 15:24:23 EST news162397427 Rising atmospheric carbon dioxide is largely responsible for recent global warming and the rise in sea levels. However, a team of scientists, including two Smithsonian ecologists, have found that this same increase in CO2 may ironically counterbalance some of its negative effects on one of the planet's most valuable ecosystems -wetlands. The team's findings are being published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences the week of March 23. http://www.physorg.com/news157050125.html Space & Earth Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:05:38 EST news157050125 A new study led by Duke University researchers finds that restoring degraded wetlands -- especially those that had been converted into farm fields -- actually decreases their soil bacterial diversity. http://www.physorg.com/news145708238.html Space & Earth Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:30:38 EST news145708238 In one of the first comparisons of its kind, researchers have demonstrated that wetlands in tropical areas are able to absorb and hold onto about 80 percent more carbon than can wetlands in temperate zones. http://www.physorg.com/news142676727.html Space & Earth Wed, 08 Oct 2008 09:25:27 EST news142676727 Counting on wetlands restoration projects to protect storm buffeted infrastructure along the Louisiana Coast is likely to be a "losing battle" that provides "false hope" and prevents endangered communities from clearly planning for their future, says a researcher from Western Carolina University (WCU). http://www.physorg.com/news141645442.html Space & Earth Fri, 26 Sep 2008 10:57:22 EST news141645442 River floods and storms that send water surging through swamps and marshes near rivers and coastal areas might cut in half the average greenhouse gas emissions from those affected wetlands, according to recent research at Ohio State University. http://www.physorg.com/news141401698.html Space & Earth Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:14:58 EST news141401698 Critical food shortages and growing demand for bio-fuels and hydro-electricity due to high fossil fuel prices rank among the greatest threats today to the preservation of precious wetlands worldwide as farmers and developers look for new areas for agriculture, energy crop plantations and hydro dams. http://www.physorg.com/news136181270.html Space & Earth Fri, 25 Jul 2008 05:07:50 EST news136181270 Man-made wetlands in Edmonton's new neighborhoods may look good, but do they adequately sustain life? http://www.physorg.com/news134918201.html Biology Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:16:41 EST news134918201