When wetlands are lost or drained, the amount and arrangement of storage can change, potentially altering how water is transferred downstream. Understanding those changes is important when evaluating how prairie landscapes may respond to climate variability and land-use change https://phys.org/news/2026-10-great-plains-rivers-wetlands-climate.html #ClimateChange #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #ClimateReversal #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate