How Commercial Fishing Affects Coral Reefs
Biologists have shown that inhabited coral islands that engage in commercial fishing dramatically alter their nearby reef ecosystems, disturbing the microbes, corals, algae and fish that call the reef home.
Mangroves Could Be Saviour of Guyana’s Shrinking Coastline
With climate change robbing Guyana of some of its prime agricultural land, the government is looking to mangroves as a natural barrier to the rising seas.
The World Must Invest In Mangroves
Mark Spalding, Senior Marine Scientist at The Nature Conservancy, reports that mangrove don’t just protect coastlines from storms, flooding and erosion, they also sequester huge tonnages of carbon. And that makes them a smart investment.
Florida’s Mangrove Forests Expand with Climate Change
Fewer deep freezes, attributable to Earth’s warming climate, have caused mangrove forests to expand northward in Florida over the past three decades, new research suggests.
Better Protection for Mangroves With Models for Successful Seedling Establishment
Seedlings of mangroves do not have an easy time to get established. Many forces of nature work against their anchorage in the soil.
Safety In Numbers? Not So For Corals
A new study revealed that global changes in climate and ocean chemistry affect corals whether scare or abundant, and often it is the dominant, abundant corals with wide distributions that are affected the most.
Mangroves Help Guyana Defend Against Changing Climate
Approximately 90 percent of Guyana’s population lives on a narrow coastline strip a half to one metre below sea level…
Cuba’s Mangroves Dying of Thirst
In the 1960s, the Cuban government declared that storage of fresh water for times of drought or hurricanes was a matter of national security, and it began to dam up the country’s rivers. But that policy has claimed an unforeseen victim: mangroves.
Sponges Help Coral Reefs Thrive In Ocean Deserts
The mystery of how coral reefs thrive in “ocean deserts” has been solved, scientists say.