Wetlands also naturally accumulate sediment. The texture created by wetland plants slows down water flows, allowing kicked-up sediment time to fall out of the water like snow in a snow globe.

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How one California wetland was saved while wetlands worldwide are disappearing A standing testament to successful conservation efforts, the Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve protects nearly 1,300 ...

This year, roughly a quarter of the vast Pantanal wetland in Brazil, one of the most biodiverse places on Earth, has burned in wildfires worsened by climate change.