Wetlands also provide many environmental services. Wetland areas help remove sediments and pollutants from surface waters and aid nutrient recycling within ecosystems. Wetlands capture and retain ...

A historic event unfolded recently in a cherished wetlands nature reserve in the United Kingdom. A rare bird species, once thought long gone from the region, has successfully bred for the first time ...

Many kinds of wetland ecosystems are found within the United States (Table 2.1). These range from small, discrete sites, such as Thoreau's Bog in Massachusetts or Four Holes Swamp in South Carolina, ...

This ecosystem by many names—bogs, swamps, bayous, marshes, billabongs, fens, vernal pools, lagoons and other waterlogged fields and forests all fall under the broad wetland category. If water, salty ...

The resolution states a call for global action to protect and guarantee water for Wetlands of International Importance recognized by the Ramsar Convention. Gland, Switzerland.- The 48 th Meeting of ...

While wetlands sequester carbon, they also naturally release greenhouse gases (GHG) into the atmosphere. Our new study has ...

Maria Strack receives funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Environment and Climate Change Canada, the Canadian Sphagnum Peat Moss Association, Ducks Unlimited ...

Wetlands are an important part of the Earth's natural water management system. The complex system of plants, soil, and aquatic life serves as a reservoir that captures and cleans water. However, as ...

Michael Vandenbergh receives funding from the Carnegie Corporation of New York as a 2022-24 Carnegie Fellow. The statements made and views expressed are solely the responsibility of the authors. Steph ...

Technical manuals that provide agency wide guidance on wetland delineation are a relatively recent arrival in federal wetlands programs. Before 1986, none of the federal agencies with regulatory ...