Article Title: Wetlands
Author: Jon A. Kusler, William J. Mitsch, and Joseph S. Larson
Wetlands are "shallow water systems, or areas where water is at or near the surface for some time." Some examples of them are marshes, swamps, etc. They are usually ecologically rich, and can even be as diverse as rain-forests. Some of their purposes include: conveying and storing floodwater, trapping sediment, reducing pollution, etc. The northern lands of Canada, Alaska, and Eurasia may serve as a sink for carbon dioxide. However, wetlands are rapidly decreasing. More than half of them in every state except Hawaii and Alaska have been destroyed.
We need to stop destroying the wetlands. They are beneficial for the environment, they even reduce pollution; and it doesn't do much harm to preserve them, yet they're still being demolished. The only problem is that they're being built on to make room for people to live, which leaves the animals that live in wetlands without a home. To prevent more wetlands from being destroyed, we should try to educate people on the benefits wetlands have on the environment. Hopefully they'll realize that what they've been doing is wrong and will leave the wetlands alone.
Author: Jon A. Kusler, William J. Mitsch, and Joseph S. Larson
- Wetlands are ecologically rich and are almost as diverse as rain-forests
- The northern lands of Canada, Alaska, and Eurasia may serve as a sink for carbon dioxide
- Wetlands have many purposes: limiting the damaging effect of waves, conveying and storing floodwater, trapping sediment, and reducing pollution
- Wetlands are rapidly decreasing, more than half in every state except Hawaii and Alaska have been destroyed
- Definition of wetland: "shallow water systems, or areas where water is at or near the surface for some time"; they're next to fresh-water rivers, streams, etc.
- Can adjust so that they sustain little permanent damage
- Animals in a wetland can vary
- We lose about 25,000 acres of marsh a year
- Two wetlands of similar size in two different locations can have different attributes and functions
Wetlands are "shallow water systems, or areas where water is at or near the surface for some time." Some examples of them are marshes, swamps, etc. They are usually ecologically rich, and can even be as diverse as rain-forests. Some of their purposes include: conveying and storing floodwater, trapping sediment, reducing pollution, etc. The northern lands of Canada, Alaska, and Eurasia may serve as a sink for carbon dioxide. However, wetlands are rapidly decreasing. More than half of them in every state except Hawaii and Alaska have been destroyed.
We need to stop destroying the wetlands. They are beneficial for the environment, they even reduce pollution; and it doesn't do much harm to preserve them, yet they're still being demolished. The only problem is that they're being built on to make room for people to live, which leaves the animals that live in wetlands without a home. To prevent more wetlands from being destroyed, we should try to educate people on the benefits wetlands have on the environment. Hopefully they'll realize that what they've been doing is wrong and will leave the wetlands alone.