Human activities such as marsh draining for agriculture and logging are increasingly eating away at saltwater and freshwater wetlands that cover only 1% of Earth’s surface but store more than 20% of all the climate-warming carbon dioxide absorbed by ecosystems worldwide.
Human activities such as marsh draining for agriculture and logging are increasingly eating away at saltwater and freshwater wetlands that cover only 1% of Earth’s surface but store more than 20% of all the climate-warming carbon dioxide absorbed by ecosystems worldwide.
A new study published May 5 in Science by a team of Dutch, American and German scientists shows that it’s not too late to reverse the losses.
The key to success, the paper’s authors say, is using innovative restoration practices -- identified in the new paper -- that replicate natural landscape-building processes and enhance the restored wetlands’ carbon-storing potential.
And doing it on a large scale.
Read more at Duke University
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