Want to prevent California’s looming flood disaster? Grow a marsh.
Grist
OCTOBER 9, 2019
When Jones Tract, a delta island, flooded in 2004, the damage cost $90 million to fix. According to Baldocchi, the warming caused by the methane released from delta wetlands about equals, in the short term, the cooling potential of the carbon dioxide removed from the atmosphere. Think of it as preventive medicine.
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