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With submissions about to close on the government’s proposed fast-track consenting legislation, its possible impact on New Zealand’s diminished and delicate ecosystems demands proper scrutiny.
A coastal scientist explains why marshes, mangroves and other wetlands can’t keep up with the effects of climate change, and how human infrastructure is making it harder for them to survive.
The inability of city authorities to enforce land-use regulations has allowed people to carry out ecologically unfriendly activities along the water bodies.
Wetlands can prevent flooding, trap carbon and support livelihoods, as long as they are protected and managed.
New Zealand’s new government has vowed to explore ‘blue carbon’ options for removing atmospheric CO₂ to meet net zero goals. But first we need a national strategy for this developing field of science.
With the support of the Greens, there’s a chance the ‘Restoring Our Rivers’ Bill will pass. Will it be enough to put the Murray-Darling Basin Plan back on track?
Riverside communities in the Pantanal make sustainable use of natural resources within an unpredictable system.
Arizona is considering a multibillion-dollar desalination project to address its urgent water needs. Three water experts call for a go-slow approach and point to Israel as a role model.
Knowing the ‘next drought is just around the corner’, Australia’s Water Minister Tanya Plibersek is striking a new agreement to return water and health to the Murray-Darling Basin.
The last time methane in the air rose so fast, Greenland warmed by 10°C within decades.
Projects have not been delivered. States are bickering. If the Albanese government is to uphold its election promise to deliver the Murray plan, hard tradeoffs are needed.
Peatlands safely store hundreds to thousands of years’ worth of humanity’s toxic legacy but climate change and physical disturbances are putting these pollution vaults, and us, at risk.
A recent study reveals that 59% of the ponds in Doñana have not been flooded since at least 2013. Water abstractions from the aquifer are one of the main reasons behind the demise of this iconic wetland.
In Sackett v. EPA, a suit filed by two homeowners who filled in wetlands on their property, the Supreme Court has drastically narrowed the definition of which wetlands qualify for federal protection.
The impacts of climate change on the terrestrial ecosystems, that comprise interconnected webs of snow, water, plants and animals, can be rapid, complex, and unpredictable.
Victoria is planning to engineer wetlands so more water can go to agriculture. It’s not a good plan.
From a low of 11 males in 1997, Britain now has 228 booming bitterns at 103 sites nationwide.
The swamp has not yet been drained everywhere.
Restoring entire ecosystems is a difficult and expensive process. Thankfully, certain species, called ecosystem engineers, can make restoration easier. Gaining social and political support is critical too.
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Adjunct Professor, Charles Sturt University
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Professor, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University
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Research Associate, Institute of Coastal and Marine Research, Nelson Mandela University
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Professor of Law Emeritus, Vermont Law & Graduate School
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Reader in Natural Sciences, Bangor University
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Professor of Law, University of California, Davis
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Professor in School of Earth, Atmospheric and Life Sciences; and Director of Environmental Futures Research Centre, University of Wollongong
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AXA Chair in Coastal Resilience & Research Professor, University of California, Santa Cruz
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Professor of River Science and Climate Resilience, University of Salford
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Honorary Research Fellow in Hydromorphology, University of Salford
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Principal Researcher, CGIAR System Organization
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Coastal Flood Risk, University of California, Santa Cruz
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Professor Emeritus of International Environmental Policy, Tufts University
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Honorary Professor of Genetics, Evolution & Environment, UCL
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Professor of Marine Conservation, University of Exeter
