Report shows annual loss of 59,000 acres of wetlands in coastal watersheds
Washington, DC - infoZine - The new report, Status and Trends of Wetlands in the Coastal Watersheds of the Eastern United States, shows an annual loss of 59,000 acres of wetlands in coastal watersheds of the Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, and Great Lakes from 1998 to 2004.
US Geological Survey scientists studying rapid and slow sea-level rise scenarios say under the faster case, most coastal wetlands will disappear in the 21st century, while outcomes will vary under a slow sea-level rise scenario.