NOLA.com18h
Louisiana's coastal wetlands are disappearing. Meet the people who are doing something about it.
Louisiana has lost 2,000 square miles of coastal wetlands since the 1930s. A Baton Rouge Magnet High student is studying the ...
The Press of Atlantic City23h
Clearing a channel, rebuilding a marsh in Middle Township
A project in the marsh near Stone Harbor looks at how to counter sea level rise using dredged material to save the wetlands.
Science Daily1d
Peatlands and mangroves key to reducing carbon emissions in Southeast Asia
Conserving and restoring Southeast Asia's carbon-rich peatlands and mangroves could mitigate more than 50 per cent of the region's land-use carbon emissions, according to a new international study.
Yahoo News15d
Questions about how updated definition of ‘coastal wetland’ would impact landowners, developers
Wells Beach, Maine. (Photo by AnnMarie Hilton/ Maine Morning Star) The Maine Department of Environmental Protection is looking to update the definition of coastal wetlands in some areas of statute, ...
WWNO15d
Uncertainty looms over plan to save coastal Louisiana
Louisiana’s ambitious plan to save and restore its coastline is stalled amid lawsuits seeking to halt the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion project. And now Republican Gov. Jeff Landry has voiced his ...
Frontiers16d
The potential of wetlands and barrier islands as a coastal defense in mitigating the storm surge
School of Environmental, Civil, Agricultural, and Mechanical Engineering, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States A critical aspect of coastal protection is the role of barrier islands and ...
Phys.org23d
Study highlights the vital role of coastal wetlands
New research has revealed the unique ecological role of coastal wetlands in the face of rising sea levels, capturing carbon, adjusting their soil elevation and protecting the coastline. Ms. Conroy ...
thecooldown23d
Law affecting nearly 300,000 acres of wetland and coast passed almost unanimously — here's what it will do
A major environmental law just got bigger and better, with nearly 300,000 acres of wetlands and beaches gaining protection under the Bolstering Ecosystems Against Coastal Harm (BEACH) Act, reported ...
KCUR 89.3 FM23d
A Midwest farmland owner tests a longstanding wetland conservation law called 'swampbuster'
The Liberty Justice Center and Pacific Legal Foundation jointly filed CTM Holdings, LLC v. U.S. Department of Agriculture in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa, Eastern ...
Belfast Telegraph24d
Polluted Irish lagoon that can be seen glowing from space could cost millions to clean up
Botanist Dr Cillian Roden, one of the authors of the study, said the ­eutrophication — which ... to carry out the study as part of the Coastal Lagoons: Ecology and Restoration research programme.
R Street Institute26d
Farm fertilizers and pesticides are increasing greenhouse gas emissions. Government subsidies are making the problem worse.
However, one data point less discussed is the role of high-nutrient agricultural runoff entering waterways, also referred to as eutrophication ... the restoration of natural ecosystems, including ...