Scientists are warning of a new virus discovered in China that spreads to humans through tick bites, with the potential to cause problems in the brain. Wetland virus (WELV) was initially detected in a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover global and domestic health care and conservation. Unique Wetlands Ecosystems Protect Us from Flooding, Filter Our Drinking ...

HOWARD – Just outside the mouth of Duck Creek in the bay of Green Bay, Valerie Brady hovered over her waterproof datasheet – a must for a wetland scientist. Raindrops pooled on top, which she pushed ...

Shickley’s 2025 hometown interns Hannah Miller and Mariah Silva put it this way: “We have watched these role models pave a ...

A line of development stretches across southwest Louisiana, where a new law looks to redefine what wetland areas need permitting for development. (Elise Plunk/Louisiana Illuminator with aerial support ...

Between a third and half of all soil carbon on Earth is stored in peatlands, says Tom and Marie Patton Distinguished ...

In Missouri, agriculture, urban development and man-made flood control measures have replaced 87% of the state’s original wetlands. Each year, an estimated 60,000 acres of wetlands is lost in the ...

The Supreme Court recently ruled against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in a decision to place new limits on the Clean Water Act. For more than five decades, this environmental law has ...

Federal appellate judges seemed doubtful Thursday that a wetland on St. Simons Island is protected by the Clean Water Act under a test recently created by the U.S. Supreme Court. During a hearing in ...

I read with interest your recent article “Environmental protection or ‘NIMBY tool’? Inland wetlands agencies growing site of CT housing fights.” Your article left out a number of salient facts as it ...