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Protecting the world’s wetlands: 5 essential reads

Jennifer Weeks, The Conversation World Wetlands Day on Feb. 2 marks the date when 18 nations signed the Convention on Wetlands in 1971, in the...

Mapping the world’s ‘blue carbon’ hot spots in coastal mangrove forests

Robert Twilley, Louisiana State University and Andre Rovai, Louisiana State University Human actions have boosted carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere to levels...

Protecting wetlands helps communities reduce damage from hurricanes and storms

Siddharth Narayan, University of California, Santa Cruz and Michael Beck, University of California, Santa Cruz 2017 was the worst year on record for hurricane damage...

Coastal protection on the edge: The challenge of preserving California’s legacy

Gary Griggs, University of California, Santa Cruz and Charles Lester, University of California, Santa Cruz The California coast is an edge. It’s the place where...

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