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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chosun Juan" data-source="post: 3874050" data-attributes="member: 92780">Why a Wetland might Not be Wet"Wetlands store 35% of carbon in only 9% of the earth’s surface"<a href="https://theconversation.com/why-a-we...-be-wet-103687" target="_blank">https://theconversation.com/why-a-we...-be-wet-103687</a>Reminds me of one of the best bird sightings I have ever seen - a Brolga that pulled up once in 10 years in a little flooded ephemeral wetland the size of your lounge room, maybe a foot or so deep after record rains ..... hundreds of km's from recognized wetlands, though the old people tell me there were many in the area during suitable seasons /events, before draining, drying, and over grazing became common place.Chosun   :gh:</blockquote>