Wetlands, parks and botanical gardens the best ways to cool cities during heat waves, finds study
Wetlands, parks and even botanical gardens among the best ways to cool cities during heat waves—says biggest-ever global study
Wetlands, parks and even botanical gardens among the best ways to cool cities during heat waves—says biggest-ever global study
Environment
Feb 23, 2024
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Over centuries, wetlands all over the world have had to give way to "more useful" types of land—seen from man's perspective.
Ecology
Feb 22, 2024
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Roughly 14,500 to 10,500 years ago, in the transition from the last glacial period, Epipaleolithic and Neolithic peoples harvesting vegetation from the wetlands of eastern Jordan created a habitat for birds that would otherwise ...
Archaeology
Feb 19, 2024
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A new Tulane University study published in Nature Communications offers a glimpse into the possible impact of climate change on coastal wetlands 50 years or longer into the future.
Earth Sciences
Feb 15, 2024
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Supporters of wetland legislation approved 6 Feb. by the Indiana legislature say the regulations are fair to residents, property owners, agriculture and developers while those against it say the state has already weakened ...
Environment
Feb 9, 2024
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Writing in the International Journal of Global Environmental Issues, a team from Japan explains that "wetlands play an important role in a sustainable urban future." They add that these environmental regions provide ecological ...
Environment
Feb 7, 2024
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As sea levels rise due to global warming, ecosystems are being altered. One small silver lining, scientists have believed, is that the tidal wetlands found in estuaries might produce less methane—a potent greenhouse gas—as ...
Ecology
Jan 29, 2024
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Pollen can help scientists track changes in vegetation through time, as they respond to moderations of the climate, be that glaciation or deglaciation with transitions into and out of ice ages. Furthermore, it can help elucidate ...
The 1972 Clean Water Act protects the "waters of the United States" but does not precisely define which streams and wetlands this phrase covers, leaving it to presidential administrations, regulators, and courts to decide. ...
Environment
Jan 25, 2024
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South Carolina's landscape is pockmarked with wetlands that have historically gotten in the way of developers seeking to build shopping malls, hotels and housing communities.
Environment
Jan 18, 2024
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