Nearly 200 kilometers from the sea, red mangroves thrive in the rainforests along the San Pedro Mártir River on the Yucatán Peninsula. But how did these tangled trees that typically grow in ...

Associate Professor Peng Zhang, of Guangdong Ocean University, China, and colleagues investigated the mangroves of the semi-enclosed Zhanjiang Bay, China, to determine the impact of microplastic ...

which rises from the brackish Intracoastal to South Ocean Boulevard. Garbage and marine debris that gets tangled in mangroves on the eastern edge of the land must also be regularly removed. Peterffy, ...

Mangrove forests are not only critical carbon sinks and biodiversity hotspots but also play a key role as suppliers of trace elements to the ocean. This is shown by a study conducted by the GEOMAR ...

but "carbon sinks" such as forests and blue carbon ecosystems—including coastal systems such as mangroves—can capture the carbon and reduce its impact. Furthermore, according to the National Ocean ...

Are they destined for adulthood in a sea grass bed, or coral reef, or open ocean, or right here in the mangroves? Too soon to tell. And so it goes on Central America’s reef system. Each ...

This oasis in the ocean flourishes, marine scientist Fabián ... Silversides swirl through mangroves like a river in the sea. The dense forest of roots offers welcome shelter for the finger ...

Snook anglers and professional fishing guides in South Florida are worried that their favorite gamefish might be harmed by habitat loss, water quality and coastal development in South Florida. The ...

A researcher on Colón Island of Panama was searching for crustaceans among the coastal mangrove forests when he saw a section of mangroves in varying stages of decay. The water was shallow and ...