Australia's wetlands are home to a huge range of stunning flora and fauna, with large snakes often at the top of the food chain.
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Feb 16, 2021
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Runoff from fertilizer and manure application in agricultural regions has led to high levels of nitrate in groundwater, rivers, and coastal areas. These high nitrate levels can threaten drinking water safety and also lead ...
Environment
Dec 17, 2020
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Eastern Australia's wetlands and waterbirds have partially recovered from the drought—but long-term trends remain concerning, an aerial survey by UNSW researchers has revealed.
Plants & Animals
Dec 16, 2020
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Natural wetlands continue to disappear due to city and human development and are being replaced with manmade swales, ponds and canals. This degradation and replacement of natural wetlands suggest that urban areas may be imperative ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 31, 2020
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In coastal communities prone to hurricanes and tropical storms, people typically turn to engineered solutions for protection: levees, sea walls and the like. But a natural buffer in the form of wetlands may be the more cost-effective ...
Environment
Mar 2, 2020
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The north might no longer be as inhospitable to mangroves as it once was.
Ecology
Dec 18, 2019
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New UBC research suggests restoring habitat may not be enough to save threatened woodland caribou—an iconic animal that's a major part of boreal forests in North America and a key part of the culture and economy of many ...
Ecology
Nov 27, 2019
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Plant populations in wetland areas face increasing isolation as wetlands are globally under threat from habitat loss and fragmentation. Erik Kleyheeg and Merel Soons of Utrecht University show that the daily movement behaviour ...
Ecology
Feb 22, 2017
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As Louisiana's wetlands continue to disappear at an alarming rate, a new study has pinpointed the man-made structures that disrupt the natural water flow and threaten these important ecosystems. The findings have important ...
Environment
Jun 28, 2016
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A new global map of the world's wetlands has been produced by an international research team led by former master's student Etienne Fluet-Chouinard and Prof. Bernhard Lehner of McGill's Department of Geography. In a paper ...
Environment
Jan 16, 2015
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