Human activities such as marsh draining for agriculture and logging are increasingly eating away at saltwater and freshwater wetlands that cover only 1%
Human activities such as marsh draining for agriculture and logging are increasingly eating away at saltwater and freshwater wetlands that cover only 1% of Earth’s surface but store more than 20% of all the climate-warming carbon dioxide absorbed by ecosystems worldwide. A new study published May 5 in Science by a team of Dutch, American and German scientists shows that it’s not too late to reverse the losses.
Human activities like marsh logging and draining for agriculture are progressively depleting freshwater and saltwater wetlands that cover just 1% of the surface of the Earth but store over 20% of all the climate-warming carbon dioxide (CO2) absorbed by ecosystems globally.
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