Tag: Mangroves
Invasive lionfish have spread south from the Caribbean to Brazil, threatening...
Osmar J. Luiz, Charles Darwin University
Brazil’s coastal waters teem with a rich array of species that paint a...
A 20-foot sea wall won’t save Miami – how living structures...
Landolf Rhode-Barbarigos, University of Miami and Brian Haus, University of Miami
Miami is all about the water and living...
Protecting mangroves can prevent billions of dollars in global flooding damage...
Michael Beck, University of California, Santa Cruz and Pelayo Menéndez, University of California, Santa Cruz
Hurricanes and tropical storms are estimated to cost the U.S....
Hydropower dams can harm coastal areas far downstream
Paula Ezcurra, University of California San Diego and Octavio Aburto, University of California San Diego
Thousands of hydroelectric dams are under construction around the world,...
Protecting the world’s wetlands: 5 essential reads
Jennifer Weeks, The Conversation
World Wetlands Day on Feb. 2 marks the date when 18 nations signed the Convention on Wetlands in 1971, in the...
Mapping the world’s ‘blue carbon’ hot spots in coastal mangrove forests
Robert Twilley, Louisiana State University and Andre Rovai, Louisiana State University
Human actions have boosted carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere to levels...
Protecting wetlands helps communities reduce damage from hurricanes and storms
Siddharth Narayan, University of California, Santa Cruz and Michael Beck, University of California, Santa Cruz
2017 was the worst year on record for hurricane damage...
As communities rebuild after hurricanes, study shows wetlands can significantly reduce...
Siddharth Narayan, University of California, Santa Cruz and Michael Beck, University of California, Santa Cruz
A 12-year “hurricane drought” during which no major hurricanes formed...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
