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2015-08-21T13:03:31.000Z
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Video Title:
Aerial View of the Global Change Research Wetland
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Aerial view of the Global Change Research Wetland at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, taken by Dr. Chuck Gallegos. Also known as the "wetland of the future," the Global Change Research Wetland is trying to predict whether wetlands will survive sea-level rise into the next century. Here, inside open-top chambers, scientists are investigating how plants will grow and build soil in the future by raising CO2 and nitrogen to levels predicted in the year 2100. As the drone camera flies over the marsh, you will see tall clumps of invasive Phragmites, a golden-brown reed taking over the marsh, and the chambers where scientists are tracking their growth under high CO2 and nitrogen (0:35). Further on, you'll see the chambers where they experiment on native marsh plants, raising CO2 and nitrogen to see how the plants respond (0:45). Based at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center in Edgewater, Md., the wetland contains the longest-running field study of its kind in the world. Learn more at http://ecosystemsontheedge.org/wetlands-of-the-future/.