Swamps and bogs probably aren’t the first things that come to mind when you think of America’s celebrated landscapes. That’s a shame, since wetlands like these play a crucial role in the health of our ecosystems. In addition to providing unique habitat to the many species that call wetlands home, they filter water, provide a natural buffer from storms, absorb flood waters, and capture carbon from the atmosphere—helping to protect our planet from climate change.
In praise of bogs, swamps, and marshes
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By the light of the fireflies
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Watch your step
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Góða ólavsøku, from the Faroes!
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Saksun, Faroe Islands, Denmark
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A dreamy start to the Year of the Pig
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A reflection of Europe s past
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Spot on for International Cat Day
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In Sicily, history is everywhere
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Brotherly cubs
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Spring comes to the Palouse
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Humpbacks return to the Inside Passage
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Tigh Mor Trossachs on Loch Achray, Scotland
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Moai statues on Easter Island, Chile
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Assembling the Smithsonian
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Grandparents Day
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National Fossil Day
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Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
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Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch on the institution s 175th anniversary
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Summer’s in home stretch
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Glacial spires in the fog
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Asteroid Day
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Mekong River Delta, Long An, Vietnam
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International Whale Shark Day
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It s not always sunny in Abu Simbel…
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A new park with a new mission
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International Day of Color
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Windmills in Kinderdijk, the Netherlands
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Celebrate Mandela Day
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A spectacle unlike any other
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Mid-Autumn Festival