Rising temperatures could tip the scale in an underground battle that has raged for millennia. In the soils of Earth's ...

Warming temperatures can ramp up the activity of methane-producing bacteria in wetland soils, adding to methane emissions.

Rising temperatures are weakening the ability of wetlands to curb methane emissions, according to new research.

This Chesapeake Bay wetland could be an environmental crystal ball. With infrared lamps pointed down at marsh grasses — and ...

In the soils of Earth’s wetlands, microbes are fighting to both produce and consume the powerful greenhouse gas methane. But if the Earth gets too hot, a key way wetlands clamp down on methane could ...

has rivers and seas of liquid methane on its surface. But it's strangely lacking in deltas, a new study suggests. On Earth, ...

The delay in the demarcation and ground-truthing of wetlands in Jammu and Kashmir highlights a disturbing gap in the ...

Methane is responsible for roughly 19% of global warming, according to the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration. And while wetlands are champions at removing carbon dioxide (CO 2 ...

Jaehyun Lee collects a porewater sample in the SMARTX experiment, at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center in Maryland. Credit: Smithsonian Environmental Research Center ...