News tagged with wetlands
Peat fires drive temperatures up
Nov 30, 2009 |
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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 ...
Florida, federal officials reach deal for Everglades restoration
Aug 14, 2009 |
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Water managers and the White House signed a crucial contract Thursday that promises a much-needed infusion of federal dollars for the Everglades.
Scientist discovers beavers building prime salmon habitat in Skagit Delta
May 24, 2009 |
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As sometimes happens with science, Greg Hood went looking for one thing, and found something else: tidal beavers.
Scientists find climate change to have paradoxical effects in coastal wetlands
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 23, 2009 |
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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 ironic ...
Shifts in soil bacterial populations linked to wetland restoration success
Nov 12, 2008 |
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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.
Study: Tropical wetlands hold more carbon than temperate marshes
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 08, 2008 |
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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.
Wetlands restoration not a panacea for Louisiana coast
Sep 26, 2008 |
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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 ...
Flooding might help lower gas emission from wetlands
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 23, 2008 |
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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 ...
Rising energy, food prices major threats to wetlands as farmers eye new areas for crops
Jul 25, 2008 |
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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 ...
Amphibian populations dropping in Edmonton's wetlands
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Jul 10, 2008 |
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Man-made wetlands in Edmonton's new neighborhoods may look good, but do they adequately sustain life?
