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Extensive global wetland loss over the past three centuries

Nature (London), 2023-02, Vol.614 (7947), p.281-286 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

2023. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited. ;Copyright Nature Publishing Group Feb 9, 2023 ;Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License ;ISSN: 0028-0836 ;ISSN: 1476-4687 ;EISSN: 1476-4687 ;DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-05572-6 ;PMID: 36755174

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Title:
Extensive global wetland loss over the past three centuries
Author: Fluet-Chouinard, Etienne ; Stocker, Benjamin D ; Zhang, Zhen ; Malhotra, Avni ; Melton, Joe R ; Poulter, Benjamin ; Kaplan, Jed O ; Goldewijk, Kees Klein ; Siebert, Stefan ; Minayeva, Tatiana ; Hugelius, Gustaf ; Joosten, Hans ; Barthelmes, Alexandra ; Prigent, Catherine ; Aires, Filipe ; Hoyt, Alison M ; Davidson, Nick ; Finlayson, C Max ; Lehner, Bernhard ; Jackson, Robert B ; McIntyre, Peter B
Subjects: 20th century ; Agricultural land ; Biodiversity ; Carbon ; China ; Confidence intervals ; Conservation ; Conversion ; Drainage ; Emissions ; Environmental Sciences ; Estimates ; Europe ; Flood control ; Floods ; Greenhouse effect ; Greenhouse gases ; History, 18th Century ; History, 19th Century ; History, 20th Century ; History, 21st Century ; Humans ; Land use ; Natural Resources - supply & distribution ; Nature conservation ; Net losses ; Nutrient cycles ; Peatlands ; Regions ; Rice ; Rivers ; Spatial distribution ; Spatio-Temporal Analysis ; United States ; Urban areas ; Wetlands
Is Part Of: Nature (London), 2023-02, Vol.614 (7947), p.281-286
Description: Wetlands have long been drained for human use, thereby strongly affecting greenhouse gas fluxes, flood control, nutrient cycling and biodiversity . Nevertheless, the global extent of natural wetland loss remains remarkably uncertain . Here, we reconstruct the spatial distribution and timing of wetland loss through conversion to seven human land uses between 1700 and 2020, by combining national and subnational records of drainage and conversion with land-use maps and simulated wetland extents. We estimate that 3.4 million km (confidence interval 2.9-3.8) of inland wetlands have been lost since 1700, primarily for conversion to croplands. This net loss of 21% (confidence interval 16-23%) of global wetland area is lower than that suggested previously by extrapolations of data disproportionately from high-loss regions. Wetland loss has been concentrated in Europe, the United States and China, and rapidly expanded during the mid-twentieth century. Our reconstruction elucidates the timing and land-use drivers of global wetland losses, providing an improved historical baseline to guide assessment of wetland loss impact on Earth system processes, conservation planning to protect remaining wetlands and prioritization of sites for wetland restoration .
Publisher: England: Nature Publishing Group
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 0028-0836
ISSN: 1476-4687
EISSN: 1476-4687
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-05572-6
PMID: 36755174
Source: ProQuest One Psychology
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Extensive global wetland loss over the past three centuries

2023. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited. ;Copyright Nature Publishing Group Feb 9, 2023 ;Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License ;ISSN: 0028-0836 ;ISSN: 1476-4687 ;EISSN: 1476-4687 ;DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-05572-6 ;PMID: 36755174

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