Mangrove trees and shrubs grow along tropical and subtropical coastlines, thriving in conditions that would kill most other plants. Mangroves also absorb a lot of excess carbon dioxide from the ...

STORY: Rising sea levels have driven most families from this small village in Indonesia's Central Java province to higher ground. Yet 55-year old Pasijah and her family have decided to stay put, and ...

With the need for protection against climate change and more livelihoods to alleviate our poverty, mangroves significantly ...

The glossy leaves and branching roots of mangroves are downright eye-catching, and now a study finds that the moon plays a special role in the vigor of these trees. Mangroves are coastal trees that ...

Dec. 10 (UPI) --Natural ecosystems like mangroves can play an important role in the fight against climate change. New research suggests the tropical coastal wetlands can serve as valuable carbon sinks ...

BASRA, Iraq, June 29 (Reuters) - As Aymen al-Rubaye plants mangrove seedlings in the sprawling tidal flats of southern Iraq, the black smoke rising over the skyline behind him shows the ecological ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — At the rear of Rio de Janeiro's polluted Guanabara Bay, thousands of mangroves rise as tall as 13 feet (about 4 meters) from a previously deforested area. The 30,000 trees, planted by ...

Over the past 15 years, erosion has claimed half of Bedono Village, located in Indonesia's Central Java Province. While the village’s mangrove vegetation has been partially destroyed due to ...