In the race to combat global climate change, much attention has been given to natural 'carbon sinks:' those primarily terrestrial areas of the globe that absorb and sequester more carbon than they ...

Salinity has been an enemy of agriculture for millennia because even though many crops can withstand low to moderate salt ...

Peat bogs sequester a massive amount of the Earth's carbon dioxide. But even as scientists work to better understand bogs' sequestration, the wetlands are under threat.

Henry L. Marsh III, the first Black mayor of Richmond and a figure who embodied the rise of African American power in the city, died Thursday night at 91. Marsh, a civil rights lawyer, was ...

Larger tracts of land are critical to conservation efforts, and adding to large, already protected parcels achieves many ...

Valdivia, Chile, has become the first Latin American city to be designated as a Wetland City by the Ramsar Convention.

Laird has been mapping and studying Humboldt Bay for the last 20 years and has been active since 2010 in promoting a regional approach to sea level rise planning on the bay.

While the restoration of natural areas is high on political agendas, a comprehensive new study shows that -- after more than two decades -- biodiversity growth has stalled in restored Danish wetlands.

Much of the protected Kaimaumau Wetland has been drained illegally and will take up to 10 years to recover, a local farmer and expert says.

Three heavy metals were found at concentrations thousands of times greater after the fire. The implications for wildlife hang ...