The first comprehensive new map for the Mendenhall wetlands area since 1979 is nearing completion and the cartographer for the project — who started drawing local maps around that time — says things ...
Wetlands are among the most productive ecosystems on Earth. Yet with increasing urbanization and agricultural expansion, wetlands around the globe are in danger. Better mapping of wetlands worldwide ...
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 ...
Between 2009 and 2019, the US lost 221,000 acres of wetlands. The rate of that loss is also accelerating according to the most recent Status and Trends report from the US Fish & Wildlife Service. As ...
Moss-covered vine maples in the Hoh River Rainforest, Olympic National Park, Washington. Credit: Floris van Breugel/NPL/Minden Pictures On a warm day in August, Anthony Stewart hiked through a forest ...
A new European Wetland Map shows Europe’s peatlands, floodplains and coastal wetlands more comprehensively than ever before in one map. Compiled from about 200 data sources, this map informs policy ...