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Massive Wetlands Destruction Project Still Pending
2013-06-10 22:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: The Obama Administration is facing mounting pressure to release an environmental analysis that could recommend building the controversial New Madrid Levee, a component of the St. John`s Bayou and New Madrid Floodway project in South East Missouri. The pressure is coming from Missouris Sen. Blunt, who has placed a hold on President Obamas nominee to run the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Gina McCarthy, until the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) publicly releases its newest environmental...
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Remote-sensing study quantifies permafrost degradation in Arctic Alaskan wetlands
2013-04-18 22:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: A team of geoscientists from Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) using newly available remote-sensing technology has achieved unprecedented detail in quantifying subtle, long-period changes in the water levels of shallow lakes and ponds in hard-to-reach Arctic wetlands. Analysis comparing time-lapsed, high-resolution satellite imagery of the Ahnewetut Wetlands in Kobuk Valley National Park, Alaska, revealed an accelerated loss of surface water in shallow thaw lakes and ponds over a recent 27-year...
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Great Lakes wetlands may mitigate climate change
2013-04-05 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Great Lakes Echo: Long valued for biological diversity and flood control, Great Lakes coastal wetlands are now seen as a tool to suck up and store excess carbon dioxide. Its an important function as researchers seek to blunt climate change caused by that greenhouse gas. Wetlands are at the top of the list of best systems for sequestering carbon on the landscape, said William Mitsch, professor emeritus at Ohio State University and director of the Everglades Wetland Research Park at Florida Gulf Coast University....
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Possible Nike 'Project Impact' site has wetlands
2013-03-28 04:54:31| Footwear - Topix.net
If Nike wants to develop a nearly 28-acre site next to its World Headquarters , it will need a wetlands permit for a sliver of the property, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has determined.
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Losing wetlands to grow crops
2013-03-25 01:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Getting enough to eat is a basic human need -- but at what cost to the environment? Research published in BioMed Central's journal Agriculture & Food Security demonstrates that as their crops on higher ground fail due to unreliable rainfall, people in countries like Uganda are increasingly relocating to wetland areas. Unless the needs of these people are addressed in a more sustainable way, overuse of wetland resources through farming, fishing, and hunting will continue. In 2009 it was estimated...
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