Paddling through the intricate network of branches and leaves, the sound of silence reverberates through the air. Looking down into the musky water, sunlight pierces through to reveal a garden of ...
Are there wild animals or plants in your local park that you never saw as a child? If so, they might be arriving because of ongoing climate change. For the first time, a large group of mangroves have ...
Mangrove forests are widely known as powerful natural carbon sinks, but new research shows that a lesser-known form of carbon stored in their soils ...
A new study of individually radio-tracked tropical fish in a Bahamian mangrove estuary highlights the importance of highly active individuals in maintaining ecosystem health. A new University of ...
Tucked between busy roads and the popular beachfront is Beachwood Mangroves Nature Reserve … one of Durban’s most remarkable ...
On Tuesday, ten thousand mangrove saplings were planted in the Sundarbans region under a green initiative. Launched by former Rajya Sabha MP Joginapally Santosh Kumar, the initiative focuses on ...
As carbon emissions continue to be pumped into the atmosphere at record levels, it will be critical to recapture and sequester as much of these warming gases as possible. While technological ...
July 26 is International Mangrove Day, dedicated to the unique forests that survive at the interface of land, river and sea. Mangroves protect coastlines from storm surges, filter out pollutants, and ...
Scientists hope to save mangroves with global collaboration. Margaret Osborne Mangroves line a channel connecting the Belize River to the coastal lagoon system. These trees are hundreds of years old ...
New research shows that mangroves store not only organic carbon but also highly stable black carbon in their soils.
Researchers compiled a dataset of 209 crustacean and 155 mollusk species from 16 mangrove forests around the world. They found that mangroves, when compared with other ecosystems, are among those with ...