Mangrove forests protect tropical coasts from storms, store large amounts of carbon and provide vital habitats for plants and ...
Low oxygen and rising carbon dioxide in mangrove waters may shrink critical nursery habitat for young fish and threaten ...
The tidal environment of mangrove forests serves as nurseries for many fish species. Researchers at the University of ...
Amid the rising threats to the coastal communities throughout the archipelago from intensified storms, rising sea levels, ...
Broward County commissioners should be applauded for rejecting an application to build warehouses on protected mangroves, but ...
Over the last 30 years, 40% of Indonesia's mangroves have been cut down mainly to create fish and shrimp farms, destroying local ecosystems. But one small indigenous fishing village is changing that.
If any single event was a watershed for conservation of the world's mangrove forests, it was the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004. The day after Christmas that year, a magnitude 9.1 earthquake thundered ...
The Broward County Commission shot down a proposal that would have cleared the way for a developer to put up warehouses on and near environmentally sensitive land.
Plans to cut 45,000 mangroves for Mumbai’s proposed Coastal Road between Versova and Bhayandar have sparked protests over the ...
It showed that mangrove ecosystems provide a significant natural defense against flooding in the coastal communities of Rivers State. Areas with good mangrove cover scored lower for vulnerability.