Surveilling wetlands for infectious bird flu — and finding it
Recently, morning omelets and holiday dinners have gotten more expensive. One likely cause is bird flu, outbreaks of which led ...
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World’s coastal wetlands and coral reef islands are hanging by a thread, new study shows
Coastal wetlands and coral reef islands will struggle to grow fast enough to keep pace with rising sea levels driven ...
Freshwater management techniques benefit both inland and coastal wetlands stressed by climate change
Climates are changing in wetland ecosystems around the world. A research collaboration between the U.S. Geological Survey and Clayton State ...
New study reveals boreal wetlands are a large source of reactive vapours in a warming climate
Boreal wetlands are a significant source of isoprene and terpenes, a class of highly reactive organic compounds that have a ...
Global warming undermines greenhouse gas sink function of pristine wetlands
Wetlands occupy about 6% of the Earth's surface but store one-third of global soil organic carbon. Increasing evidence shows that ...
Global changes in wetlands help clarifying the decline of shorebirds
Over a half of all shorebird populations - sandpipers, plovers, avocets, oystercatchers, among others - are currently declining, according to ...
LSU researchers join multi-institutional team to investigate sources of methane in coastal wetlands
Scientists estimate that methane, as a greenhouse gas, may be responsible for approximately 20 to 25 percent of all global ...
Study tracks waterbird use of Chicago-area wetlands
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A three-year study in northeastern Illinois and northwestern Indiana found that – even at small scales – ...
Stormwater management ponds may not hold the solution for depleting wetlands
Relying on stormwater management (SWM) ponds to restore the depleting wetlands is not sustainable and lacks the critical ecosystem services ...
Seasonal variations of methane (CH4) consuming and methane producing microbial communities contribute to CH4 emissions in wetlands
Wetland ecosystems are the most important and prolific natural methane (CH4) sources. CH4 is constantly flowing in and out of ...
Losing a hectare of wetlands could cost upward of $8,000 in flood damages
A first-of-its-kind article coauthored by scholars at Resources for the Future (RFF) and Columbia University in the journal American Economic Review finds that the ...
Finding the tipping point for coastal wetlands
DURHAM, N.C. -- The Albemarle-Pamlico Peninsula covers more than 2,000 square miles on the North Carolina coastal plain, a vast ...
New economic model finds wetlands provide billions in filtration value
Southern Ontario wetlands provide $4.2 billion worth of sediment filtration and phosphorus removal services each year, keeping our drinking water ...
Years later, restored wetlands remain a shadow of their old selves
Danes have been diligent about wetland restoration. Indeed, more than 200 wetlands have been restored over the past 25 years. ...
Machine learning helps to locally restore wetlands for coastal protection
By using large experimental data sets to feed a machine learning model, we can enable wetland establishment for flood defense ...
Satellite images show positive impact of conservation efforts for China’s coastal wetlands
Coastal wetlands support diverse and vital ecosystems central to coastal areas’ biodiversity and economic vitality. However, coastal wetlands are threatened ...
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Fungus from Arrakis: New species named after Dune’s giant worms
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Null results research now published by major behavioral medicine journal
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New chemistry can extract virgin-grade materials from wind turbine blades in one process
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Scientists discover rare 6-planet system that moves in strange synchrony
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Acer i-Seed: the first eco-friendly fluorescent artificial seed for monitoring soil temperature by using drones
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Durable plastic pollution easily, cleanly degrades with new catalyst