What are the economic impacts of climate change on wetlands?

The impacts of climate change on wetlands in the Amazon will mainly affect aquatic biota and involve not only the loss of biodiversity but also sources of protein ... read more

1) Wetlands provide many vital ecosystem services that can (and should) be assigned monetary value. 2) Climate change can change hydrology. 3) Global warming causes poleward migration of species range. read more

The linked meta-models were used to examine the impacts of socio-economic and climate change scenarios on wetlands in two contrasting regions of the UK. The hydrological model shows that low and high flows are sensitive to climate change and to the regional distribution of abstractions and discharges. read more

Wetlands and global climate change: the role of wetland restoration in a changing world Kevin L. Erwin Received: 15 April 2008/Accepted: 24 September 2008/Published online: 7 November 2008 Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2008 Abstract Global climate change is recognized as a threat to species survival and the health of natural systems. read more