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Urban flooding is a major problem in the global south. In west and central Africa, more than 4 million people were affected by flooding in 2024. In Ghana, cities suffer damage from flooding every year ...
If an investor wins in a challenge to a law called “Swampbuster,” hundreds of thousands of acres in Iowa and other states could be affected.
Imagine standing quietly on the banks of the River Avon at dusk. The air is cool, the water glimmers, and suddenly, a brown, ...
FEMA canceling a disaster mitigation program is a blow to the flood-prone town of Crisfield and a wetlands restoration effort ...
In recognition of Earth Day, state Department of Environmental Protection Acting Secretary Jessica Shirley on Tuesday visited ...
America’s wetlands were historically viewed as useless areas that stood in the way of development. More than half of the 221 ...
Communities across Wisconsin are testing the economic value of grant programs to build new wetlands that reduce flooding risk ...
Researchers at Louisiana State University’s Coastal Systems Ecology Lab, led by wetland scientist and professor Robert ...
A plan to transform 350 acres of wetlands near Rotary Park into a large waterfront development has run into opposition from ...
Manatee County bought property on Gamble Creek to add to a growing portfolio of properties planned for wetlands mitigation ...
In this piece — part of a series from The Gazette and the Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk — a look at how love of ...