A group of researchers from Kobe University in Japan has recently conducted a study that reveals the potential of controlled ...

Ecosystem engineers are plants or animals that create, modify or maintain habitats. As Joshua Larsen, an associate professor at the University of Birmingham, explains, beavers are a perfect example of ...

Scientists have established that in addition to carbon storage, hedge rows planting along farmlands offer many environmental ...

China has added more than 1 million hectares of wetlands since 2012 — equivalent to restoring an area the size of London ...

A broad definition of wetlands includes both freshwater and marine and coastal ecosystems, such as all lakes and rivers, underground aquifers, swamps and marshes, wet grasslands, peatlands ...

The most important of these ecosystems help prevent flooding in 54 per cent of urban ... been working to conserve wetlands is the Prairie grasslands part of our province. While these projects ...

Celebrated on the second day of February every year, the World Wetlands Day to raise awareness about wetlands, and increase people’s understanding of these critically important ecosystems.

World Wetlands Day, celebrated worldwide on February 2, aims to raise awareness about the importance of wetlands for nature and human existence.

Torrential rain is expected this week in Los Angeles, which risks producing flash flooding and landslides in areas stripped ...

USA TODAY analysis finds 3.3 million Americans live in areas with "very high" wildfire risk and 14.8 million more at ...