Restored Wetlands Reap Benefits for Climate, Drought-Resilience After Just One Year, Study Shows

Free talk to be held about importance of peat bogs

A talk is set to be held about the importance of peat bogs.

Restoring wetlands improves drought, climate change resistance in just 1 year

Restored wetland. Credit: RMIT A study of floodplain wetlands in southeastern Australia has shown that restoration of these unique ecosystems can significantly boost natural carbon storage and drought resilience. Wetlands support high biodiversity and are under increased threat due to human-induced climate change, habitat destruction and pollution. Roughly one-fifth of wetlands – 3.4 square kilometres – are estimated to have been lost globally o…

Community-led wetlands revival goes to heart of climate fight

The once-degraded Heart Morass wetland in eastern Victoria is now thriving as research shows restoring wetlands could be a powerful tool in fighting carbon emissions and guarding against floods and drought.

Restored wetlands reap benefits for climate, drought-resilience after just one year, study shows

Reviving floodplain wetlands slashes carbon emissions by 39% and restores critical ecosystem functions in one year—without the methane spike typically seen in restored peatlands, a new study has found.

Ohio wetland project reclaims farmland to clean Lake Erie

CECIL, Ohio — Along a quiet country road near an old cemetery where more neighbors rest below ground than live above, a once-overworked farm field is being given a second life. Nestled just down the ridgeline from the Maumee River near Forder Bridge, the field was long devoted to growing corn and soybeans. Beneath the crops, drainage tiles funneled fertilizer-laced rainwater into Marie DeLarme Creek, then the Maumee River and eventually into Lak…

Catchment water quality in the year preceding and immediately following restoration of a drained afforested blanket bog

The restoration of drained afforested peatlands, through drain blocking and tree removal, is increasing in response to peatland restoration targets and pol