Restoring wetlands can lessen soil sinkage, greenhouse gas emissions, study finds

Saturday, November 1, 2014 - 04:01 in Earth & Climate

Restoring wetlands can help reduce or reverse soil subsidence and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, according to research in California's Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. The study is one of the first to continually measure the fluctuations of both carbon and methane as they cycle through wetlands.

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