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21 May 2026

• Google's second Chesterfield data center could impact wetlands
  Google's proposed western Chesterfield data center campus could disturb wetlands, streams and possible unmarked graves, according to newly released federal permit filings. Why it matters: The...
• Wetlands could drown as the planet warms. Here’s how infrastructure can help
  The rates of today’s sea-level rise mean portions of coastal wetland ecosystems will be lost to the ocean in the years and decades to come at a tempo never seen before. Wetlands have flourished along...
• Maui's marshy wetlands can play a role in Hawaiʻi's climate solution
  Healthy wetlands can be part of Hawaiʻi's climate solution. They are natural carbon sinks, but they are also shoreline ecosystems that are threatened by climate change.
• The West’s wetlands are struggling. Some have been overlooked altogether.
  On a warm day in August, Anthony Stewart hiked through a forest on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula, making his way through a tangle of ferns and grasses. Wispy, lichen-coated branches hung overhead,...
• Wetlands: What You Don’t Know And Why It Matters
  Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover global and domestic health care and conservation. Unique Wetlands Ecosystems Protect Us from Flooding, Filter Our Drinking...