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15 May 2026

• Q&A: Evolution may reshape how urban forests, wetlands and reefs protect cities
  Over the past decade, cities around the world have increasingly turned to nature-based infrastructure to become more resilient in the face of a changing climate. Urban forests provide shade during...
• The West’s wetlands are struggling. Some have been overlooked altogether.
  On a warm day in August, Anthony Stewart hiked through a forest on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula, making his way through a tangle of ferns and grasses. Wispy, lichen-coated branches hung overhead,...
• Danger and natural beauty mix at new center showcasing Louisiana wetlands
  The Louisiana Wetlands Educational Center in the town of Jean Lafitte includes exhibits on Cajun culture, the eroding coastline and ongoing efforts to protect the ecosystem.
• Unexpected culprit: Wetlands as source of methane
  Wetlands are an important part of the Earth's natural water management system. The complex system of plants, soil, and aquatic life serves as a reservoir that captures and cleans water. However, as...
• ‘Incomprehensible’: birds flee and hundreds of turtles left to die after government cuts water to NSW wetlands
  Frogs and sheep in the Gwydir wetlands near Moree have also been bogged after WaterNSW stopped environmental flows, researchers say...