Like so many of the planet’s natural habitats, wetlands have been systematically destroyed over the past 300 years. Bogs, fens, marshes and swamps have disappeared from maps and memory, having been ...

Waterlogged land areas such as marshes, bogs and fens are the world's largest natural source of methane. Even the smallest of ...

2nd February 2025 Greifswald/Aarhus/Helsinki - On time for World Wetlands Day, the European Wetland Map (‘EWM’) significantly enhances knowledge of wetlands across Europe by locating, assessing and ...

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has completed a 10-year effort to provide much more accurate maps of Minnesota’s wetlands. The update of the state’s National Wetlands Inventory used new ...

Cattails are a sure sign of low-lying water in Vermont. Spring peepers and foraging moose likewise thrive when the water table inches above topsoil. Humans need wetlands, too: To reduce flooding, to ...