Humans Are Wiping Out Water Bodies That Life Depends On, New Report Says - Inside Climate News
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A landmark report for the global agreement on wetlands paints a dire picture of the state of the world’s water bodies that underpin all life on Earth.  The report, released Tuesday by the secretariat of the Convention on Wetlands, says that since 1970 more than one-fifth of wetlands have been lost, meaning they have shrunk […]
  • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    17 天前

    So is global warming. I’ve got 2.5 acres of swamp in the boonies with shallow ponds here and there. Used to have an army of dragonflies and mosquitoes were rare, even at sundown. 2 of 3 ponds dried out the last two years in a row. Dragonfly larvae take two years to develop underwater. Now I can’t go out there, even during the daytime, because of the mosquitoes.