carbon sinks - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/carbon-sinks/ Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City! Fri, 11 Nov 2022 21:47:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://i0.wp.com/houstonnewmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-cropped-Houston.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 carbon sinks - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/carbon-sinks/ 32 32 103504436 Louisiana Loses Hundreds of Square Miles of Wetlands https://houstonnewmedia.org/louisiana-loses-hundreds-of-square-miles-of-wetlands/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=louisiana-loses-hundreds-of-square-miles-of-wetlands Fri, 11 Nov 2022 21:47:05 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=36370 A new study estimates that Louisiana lost approximately 750 square miles of wetlands between 1984 and 2020. Using a first-of-its kind model, researchers quantified those wetlands losses at nearly 21 square miles per year since the early 1980s. Even after accounting for gains in some areas due to sediment transported by rivers, the net loss was still […]

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