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A view of a swamp on Rishiri Island, with trees and water in the foreground and a snowy mountain in the background
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Climate and Currents Shaped Japan’s Hunter-Gatherer Cultures

by Rebecca Dzombak 5 May 2022

New climate records from a peat bog show how two neighboring cultures responded differently to shifts in climate and ocean currents.

A salt marsh in the Yangtze River estuary (Jiuduansha Wetland) on December 25, 2006.
Posted inEditors' Vox

Understanding the Importance of Salt Marshes

by Pei Xin, Alicia Wilson, Zhenming Ge and Isaac Santos 19 April 202220 April 2022

Hydrological processes affect plant ecology and the biogeochemical exchange between salt marshes and the sea.

Mangrove forest
Posted inNews

After a Hurricane, Coastal Systems Draw a Line in the Sand

by J. Besl 13 April 202213 April 2022

A new study finds nature can’t have it both ways: On the basis of thousands of case studies from dozens of hurricanes, there’s always a trade-off between resistance and resilience.

A collage of methane sources
Posted inNews

A Climate Mystery Warns Us to Heed the Unknown

by Jenessa Duncombe 7 April 202225 April 2022

The Curve is a series charting the mysterious rise of methane in our atmosphere and the quest to find its source.

Aerial image of the study area and photograph of eddy covariance tower equipped with all measuring devices.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Being Cool is a Slow Ride When You’re a Restored Wetland

by Ankur R. Desai 16 February 202215 March 2022

Restoring formerly drained peat wetlands can mitigate climate-warming emissions but the reward takes patience.

Water samples collected from Gwynns Falls stream in Baltimore
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Leaky Pipes Are Dosing Baltimore’s Waterways with Drugs

by Richard J. Sima 22 October 202121 March 2022

Poor infrastructure is responsible for tens of thousands of pharmaceutical doses that flow through Baltimore’s streams each year.

Plot of methane emissions with time, noting the target amount for 2050
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Bottom-up Meets Top-down Estimates of Wetland Methane Emissions

by E. Davidson 15 September 20212 November 2021

An innovative integration of models and satellite observations indicates weak temperature sensitivity of CH4 emissions from tropical wetlands, but temperature sensitivity is high at higher latitudes.

Alligator on a log in the waters of the Mississippi River Delta
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Building a Better River Delta

by Danielle Beurteaux 8 September 20215 November 2021

People have been engineering river deltas for millennia, but new research identifies the optimal placement for diversions that benefit both local communities and the environment—and it might be close to a city.

路边的沟渠可以在水进入水道之前有效地将水中的氮去除。图片来源: Corianne Tatariw
Posted inResearch Spotlights

路边沟渠可有效脱氮

by Sarah Derouin 7 September 202121 March 2022

研究人员比较了那些为森林、城市和农业用地排水的沟渠中微生物的脱氮潜力,发现路边沟渠是去除养分的重要区域。

Roadside ditches can remove nitrogen from water before it gets to waterways.
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Roadside Ditches Are Effective at Nitrogen Removal

by Sarah Derouin 4 August 202121 March 2022

Researchers compared the nitrogen removal potential by microbes in ditches that drained forested, urban, and agricultural lands and discovered that roadside ditches are important areas for removing nutrients.

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