Wetlands
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But natural systems can mitigate them:
wetlands
act as sponges that reduce flooding and delay the onset of droughts; and mangroves, salt marshes, and coral reefs all act as buffers that protect against storm surges.
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The waters are all taken in to construct the
wetlands
for habitat restorations.
All across the boreal, we're blessed with this incredible abundance of
wetlands.
Trapped underneath the boreal forest and
wetlands
of northern Alberta are these vast reserves of this sticky, tar-like bitumen.
But it too is being threatened by the massive amount of water being drawn from the Athabasca, which feeds these wetlands, and also the incredible toxic burden of the largest toxic unlined impoundments on the planet, which are leaching in to the food chain for all the species downstream.
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