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New Discoveries with Venus Fly Traps
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- Category: Wetland Plants
One of the worlds most recognized plants, the Venus flytrap still amazes. It's carnivorous appetite, an adaptation to nutrient poor bog soil, is well known, but recently discovered was the plants ability to "count". To reduce false alarms, the flytraps sensory trigger hairs do not immediately fire when disturbed, but like any good predator, will wait until the hair is jiggled more than once, ensuring that a meal, and not a stray breeze, snaps the jaws closed. Considering the plant has been studies for centuries, its surprising that its common sense approach to minimizing false alarms hadn't been previously discovered.
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Long Island Sound Tidal Wetlands Loss Workshop Newsletter
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- Category: Plants and Wildlife
I came across the Spring 2015 issue of Sound Update focuses on the topics that were discussed at the 2014 Long Island Sound Tidal Wetlands Loss Workshop on October 22-23, 2014 in Port Jefferson, NY.
The articles summarize the following workshops and related research on:
- Topic 1: Wetland Submergence
- Topic 2: Ecological Indicators of Wetland Change
- Topic 3: Wetland Elevation Changes
- Topic 4: Marsh Migration
- Topic 5: Tidal Wetlands Trends and Conditions Assessment
Submergence is the gradual conversion of tall smooth cordgrass in the low marsh to mudflat. In coastal Connecticut and Long Island, the low marsh zone consisting largely of Spartina alterniflora, has been converting to mudflats over the last 30 years in many areas. There have been many proposed explanations, including climate change, the effects of excessive nitrogen curtailing root growth which in turn weakens the structure that keep the muck and peat bound together.
Also discussed is Sudden vegetation dieback (SVD) also found in the low marsh area, and identified by the loss of vegetation over a number of years with limited regrowth, likely the result of multiple stressors including the purple marsh crab.
The newsletter is a great introduction to the wetland science and challenges faced by wetlands in the Long Island Sound.
World Wetlands Day - 2016
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Today, February 2nd is World Wetlands Day! I had originally planned to roll out a fresh version of the website, but haven't completed it yet, so I'll just leave this here, the home of Ramsars World Wetland Day, World Wetlands Day
Wetlands in the News
24 April 2024
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Charleston could lose almost 40 acres of wetlands to I-526 extension
Conversations surrounding the proposed Mark Clark Extension Project’s impact on traffic and development have been discussed for years but a newly filed application poses a larger threat to the...
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Biden sets goal to protect wetlands, rivers, streams
Welcome to The Hill’s Energy & Environment newsletter{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Biden sets goal to protect wetlands,...
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Biden admin vows to restore 8M acres of wetlands
The new goal is part of a blitz of environmental actions the White House is announcing this week to coincide with Earth Day.
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Illinois Joins Biden's America the Beautiful Freshwater Challenge to Revitalize Wetlands and Waterways
Illinois joins the America the Beautiful Freshwater Challenge, aiming to restore wetlands and waterways as a part of nationwide conservation efforts.
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Popular park closed for wetlands project gets new name honouring Brampton councillor
The city is moving ahead with the renaming of one of the city's most popular parks as a tribute to Paul Palleschi, the late city councillor who kicked off a political dynasty and has been credited as...