When a prairie river carries more water in one year than another, the obvious place to look for an explanation is the sky. A ...

Before the 2023 Supreme Court decision in Sackett v. EPA that started to scale back federal protections, developers in Florida still had to get permitting from the state Department of Environmental ...

Like so many of the planet's natural habitats, wetlands have been systematically destroyed over the past 300 years. Bogs, fens, marshes and swamps have disappeared from maps and memory, having been ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover global and domestic health care and conservation. Unique Wetlands Ecosystems Protect Us from Flooding, Filter Our Drinking ...

Your local wetland could send hundreds of tons of planet-warming methane into the atmosphere every year. Or virtually none. Kristen Goodhue Your local wetland could be sending over 500 metric tons of ...

May is American Wetlands Month—a time to celebrate one of nature’s most productive ecosystems! Wetlands are areas where water covers soil all or part of the time. EPA and our partner federal, state, ...

When naturalist John James Audubon visited Florida in the 1830s, he marveled at our vast flocks of birds but complained about ...

Nature lovers and outdoor enthusiasts can often be found exploring the forest, hiking a new trail, or fishing at their favorite lake or pond. But are wetlands on that list? They should be. Wetlands ...

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Results showed wetlands provide natural barriers offering protection against speed and turbulence of extreme storms, Australian researcher says Tropical wetlands provide storm protection that saves ...

A new issue of Nature Conser­va­tion brings together contri­bu­tions from the inter­na­tional confer­ence “The Fish of Muddy Waters” in Vien­na.