Constructed wetlands do a good job in their early years of capturing carbon in the environment that contributes to climate change -- but that ability does diminish with time as the wetlands mature, a ...

Southeast Asia is home to some of the world's largest areas of tropical peatlands and mangroves. These ecosystems share water-saturated, oxygen-limited soils that slow the decomposition of organic ...

On this day every year, the world comes together to celebrate wetland ecosystems. Read about them and what is needed to spur ...

Large swathes of one of Earth's largest carbon sinks are now emitting rather than capturing CO 2. More than a third of the ...

The world is adept at balancing the warming gases in its atmosphere, but anthropogenic climate change is challenging this ...

“Wetlands are generally thought of as the kidneys ... levels to determine how long the land can function as a carbon sink. “The benefits that wetlands provide are increasingly positive ...

For millennia, the Arctic-boreal zone has acted as a critical carbon reservoir, locking away vast amounts of carbon dioxide ...

Globally, February 2 is observed as Wetlands Day and everybody will continue to talk about the importance of wetlands.

Development Authority observed World Wetlands Day on February 2 by highlighting its role in preserving wetlands and their ...