Wetlands Knowledge Search Results
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Nature-based Solutions leverage nature and the power of healthy ecosystems to protect people, optimise infrastructure and safeguard a stable and biodiverse future. Explore topics related to Nature...
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Mariano Feldman
Marc Mazerolle
Louis Imbeau
Nicole Fenton
As resource extraction moves north across the globe, wetland ecosystems in Canada are increasingly degraded because of disturbances associated with anthropic activities, including timber harvesting...
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Camille Defrenne
Jessica Moore
Colin Tucker
Louis Lamit
Evan Kane
Randall Kolka
Rodney Chimner
Jason Keller
Erik Lilleskov
Drainage-induced encroachment by trees may have major effects on the carbon balance of northern peatlands, and responses of microbial communities are likely to play a central mechanistic role. We...
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September
2023
Although peatlands cover only 3% of the world's land, they store about twice as much carbon as in the biomass of all the world's forests combined. Thus, they are incredibly important especially for...
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Lorna Harris
David Olefeldt
Nicolas Pelletier
Christian Blodau
Klaus-Holger Knorr
Julie Talbot
Liam Heffernan
Merritt Turetsky
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August
2023
Rapid, ongoing permafrost thaw of peatlands in the discontinuous permafrost zone is exposing a globally significant store of soil carbon (C) to microbial processes. Mineralization and release of this...
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Emily Ury
Puvaanah Arrumugam
Ellen Herbert
Pascal Badiou
Bryan Page
Nandita Basu
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April
2023
Wetland restoration is a popular nutrient management strategy for improving water quality in agricultural catchments. However, a wetland’s ability to retain phosphorus is highly variable and wetlands...
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Nia Perron
Jennifer Baltzer
Oliver Sonnentag
Transpiration is a globally important component of evapotranspiration. Careful upscaling of transpiration from point measurements is thus crucial for quantifying water and energy fluxes. In spatially...
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Teemu Juselius-Rajamäki
Minna Väliranta
Atte Korhola
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October
2023
Peatlands are the most dense terrestrial carbon stock and since the last glacial epoch northern peatlands have accumulated between 400 and 1000 Gt of carbon. Although the horizontal development...
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James Meeker
Douglas Wilcox
Sarah Johnson
Naomi Tillison
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February
2023
Invasive cattails ( Typha angustifolia and Typha × glauca) pose a problem for many Laurentian Great Lakes wetlands, especially sedge/grass meadows. In western Lake Superior, early signs of invasion...
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G20 Global Land Initiative
Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
UN Decade for Ecosystem Restoration
UN Environment Programme
On the occasion of Word Wetlands Day on 2 February 2023, the G20 Global Land Initiative Coordination Office in partnership with the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, UN Decade for Ecosystem Restoration...
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Wendy MacKeigan
Alex Mifflin
Tyler Mifflin
Samantha Blake
Jacob Thompson
Nick Koro
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November
2023
Wetlands are the most diverse and ecologically important ecosystems in Ontario. They help purify water, control floods, reduce erosion and fight climate change. They provide critical habitat for...
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Wendy MacKeigan
Alex Mifflin
Tyler Mifflin
Samantha Blake
Jacob Thompson
Nick Koro
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November
2023
Canada's Boreal Forest is the largest intact terrestrial, ecosystem remaining on Earth. It is an irreplaceable stronghold of nature that benefits every corner of the planet, whether through its...
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Egle Köster
Jack Chapman
Janna Barel
Aino Korrensalo
Anna Laine
Harri Vasander
Eeva-Stiina Tuittila
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August
2023
Abstract Climate warming and projected increase in summer droughts puts northern peatlands under pressure by subjecting them to a combination of gradual drying and extreme weather events. The combined...
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Our Nature talk on Tuesday, July 4th, featured Rachel Kendall and her work surrounding the forested wetlands of Nova Scotia. Rachel loves exploring and gaining new understandings of how plants, soil...
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Presented by Dr Scott J Davidson, Lecturer in Ecosystem Resilience, University of Plymouth Swamps are a highly significant wetland type in North America both in terms of areal extent and their role in...
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Wetland Knowledge Exchange
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April
2023
The Wetland Knowledge Exchange releases monthly newsletters that highlight new research, publications, news, interesting facts, events and more. In this edition you will learn about: The Wetlands, a...
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December
2023
The Wetland Knowledge Exchange releases monthly newsletters that highlight new research, publications, news, events and more. In this edition you will learn about: The wetlands of Ontario The advances...
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Wetland Knowledge Exchange
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February
2023
The Wetland Knowledge Exchange releases monthly newsletters that highlight new research, publications, news, interesting facts, events and more. In this edition you will learn about: The role of...
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Wetland Knowledge Exchange
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January
2023
The Wetland Knowledge Exchange releases monthly newsletters that highlight new research, publications, news, interesting facts, events and more. In this edition you will learn about: How wetlands...
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The Wetland Knowledge Exchange releases monthly newsletters that highlight new research, publications, news, interesting facts, events and more. In our June issue of the Wetland Knowledge Exchange...