Retreating from the climate crisis: wetlands' role

 According to Geoff Hilton, Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT) Head of Conservation Evidence, "the services wetlands provide knock spots off forests."

Wetlands can absorb water like a sponge, filtering out pollutants from our drinking supplies and slowing down the flow from river catchments to prevent flooding downstream. They can also provide coastal buffers against sea-level rise and storm surges. What's more, they can be some of the most effective carbon sinks on the planet, with peatlands alone storing twice as much carbon as the world's forests. And they are even good for our health and wellbeing - an imperative that has never felt more urgent than during the pandemic.

 - Waterlife magazine #217