Valuable wetlands are disappearing 3 times faster than forests, new study warns

Wetlands around the world are disappearing at an alarming rate. New research shows these valuable ecosystems are vanishing at a rate three times that of forests. Unless significant changes are made, the disappearance of wetlands could cause severe damage around the globe. The study, which was complete by the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, found that over a third of the wetlands on Earth disappeared over a 45-year period. The pace that wetlands are vanishing jumped significantly after the year...

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