SCARY. This article appeared in Reuters (UK) today. It details that wetlands destruction could lead to the equivalent of a “carbon bomb” being set off. According to scientists, the Earth’s wetlands contains “771 billion tons of greenhouse gases, one-fifth of all the carbon on Earth and about the same amount of carbon as is now in the atmosphere.” Releasing that amount of carbon would obviously have a devastating effect on climate change. For a Google search on wetlands conservation efforts, click here.