Rewetting wetlands can help lock carbon in the ground, but fully flooding them may backfire by boosting methane emissions.

Wetlands make up only about 6% of the land area but contain about 30% of the terrestrial organic carbon pool. Therefore, CO2 ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A West Tennessee lawmaker would roll back protections of wetlands in the state, allowing for more development in areas prone to being water-logged. Memphis Sen. Brent Taylor, ...

Joint letter initiated by Wetlands International, WWF, WWT, IUCN, BirdLife International and IWMI is an urgent appeal to governments to put water and wetlands at the heart of GBF implementation Today, ...

A new survey of Waituna Lagoon in Southland shows a significant improvement in health for the internationally important Ramsar wetland compared to a ...

Window on Vidarbha By Apoorva Methi : World Wetlands Day is observed globally on February 2 to commemorate the signing of the Ramsar Convention on Wetla ...

Marshes were drained and replaced by shallow, lifeless ponds. Old floodplain forests were cut down with no plan for them to grow back. Swamps and bogs were permanently drowned by open water. Minnesota ...

In Zimbabwe’s biodiverse but fast-developing capital city of Harare, a small community has formed a wetland restoration project, known as Conservation of Monavale Vlei, to protect biodiversity and ...

Wetlands remain among the most threatened ecosystems because they sit at the intersection of land, water and development ...

During this wintering season, more Siberian cranes and other migratory birds have returned to the lake's wetlands, he added — ...