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"Extreme weather events are accelerating tidal wetland loss, satellite data show"
#Climate #ClimateChange #Wetlands

Extreme weather events are accelerating tidal wetland loss, satellite data show
Tidal wetlands are critical, yet vulnerable ecosystems. Tidal marshes, mangrove forests, and tidal flats support biodiversity, protect against flooding and storm surges, sequester carbon, and improve water quality. Due to human development and climate change, tidal wetland areas have been shrinking globally. A new study using 40 years of satellite data shows that this loss has been accelerating in the U.S. and that this acceleration is being increasingly driven by extreme weather events.

Extreme weather events are accelerating tidal wetland loss, satellite data show #environment

Extreme weather events are accelerating tidal wetland loss, satellite data show
Tidal wetlands are critical, yet vulnerable ecosystems. Tidal marshes, mangrove forests, and tidal flats support biodiversity, protect against flooding and storm surges, sequester carbon, and improve water quality. Due to human development and climate change, tidal wetland areas have been shrinking globally. A new study using 40 years of satellite data shows that this loss has been accelerating in the U.S. and that this acceleration is being increasingly driven by extreme weather events.

New study pinpoints Europe's most critical wetlands for climate action #Europe…

New study pinpoints Europe's most critical wetlands for climate action
Wetlands have shaped human life in Europe since ancient times. These ecosystems provided essential resources and safe havens for plants and animals, and in many regions they also held spiritual and ritual significance. For millennia, wetlands covered vast parts of the European continent.

Here, have some chalk stream calm. You're welcome. #outdoors #nature

"Salt marsh recovery isn’t enough to offset destroyed older wetlands, study finds"
#Wetlands #Environment

Salt marsh recovery isn’t enough to offset destroyed older wetlands, study finds
Along Earth’s coastlines, grassy wetlands flooded by seawater, called salt marshes, trap and store carbon at rates roughly 40 times higher than forests on land. As salt marshes have expanded in some regions, scientists were hopeful their carbon stores might have largely recovered as well, but a new study found that’s not the case. Researchers […]

The reeling market for electric vehicles recently got a boost from a crop of new models,
highlighting how some automakers have not given up on battery-powered cars.
Toyota Motor Corp. tripled its EV business in the U.S. in the second quarter,
thanks in part to the brand’s
BZ Woodland and C-HR,
both of which hit the market in recent weeks.
Subaru Corp. also has two new EVs
— the Trailseeker and Uncharted
— which helped double the company’s EV s…

Toyota and Subaru EVs breathe life into struggling market
The reeling market for electric vehicles recently got a boost from a crop of new models, highlighting how some automakers have not yet given up on battery-powered cars.

Töchterchen geholfen? - Top-Polizist stolpert über heikle Fahrschul-Affäre #News #Nachrichten

East African Crude Oil Pipeline threatens wetlands, wildlife corridors: Report https://news.mongabay.com/2026/06/east-african-crude-oil-pipeline-threatens-wetlands-wildlife-corridors-report/

East African Crude Oil Pipeline threatens wetlands, wildlife corridors: Report
The East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), which stretches from oil fields in Uganda’s Lake Albert region to Tanzania’s port town of Tanga, is once again under scrutiny after a new report mapped out the biodiversity areas and wildlife habitats it runs through or passes by. Drawing data from maps and economic value estimates, the […]

Wetlands loss has increased residential flood insurance claim payments by $10 billion across the US, study finds https://phys.org/news/2026-06-wetlands-loss-residential-payments-billion.html

Wetlands loss has increased residential flood insurance claim payments by $10 billion across the US, study finds
A new study published in Nature Water finds that wetland loss across the United States has increased residential flood insurance claim payments by more than $10 billion since 1985, underscoring the critical role wetlands play in reducing riverine flood damage.

Farage’s Clacton-on-Sea constituency worst ‘tree desert’ in England, research shows https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/14/clacton-on-sea-tree-desert-woodland-trust