Mangroves, highly specialized, salt-tolerant coastal plants, are critical to biodiversity conservation and climate mitigation. They protect coastlines from erosion and storms, absorb up to five times ...

"UNESCO is sounding the alarm: the Puerto Barú port risks irreversible harm to Coiba National Park and one of the most important mangrove ecosystems on the planet. In the climate emergency we are ...

Apple is on a mission to help save the world’s disappearing mangrove forests. Mangrove forests suck up a huge amount of carbon dioxide from the air. Half of all mangrove forests on Earth have been ...

JAYAPURA, Indonesia (AP) — On the southeastern coast of the city of Jayapura, Petronela Merauje walked from house to house in her floating village inviting women to join her the next morning in the ...

Researchers investigate an ancient coastal ecosystem found more than 120 miles from the nearest ocean, revealing sea level impacts from the last interglacial period Deep in the heart of the Yucatan ...

Editor’s Note: Call to Earth is a CNN editorial series committed to reporting on the environmental challenges facing our planet, together with the solutions. Rolex’s Perpetual Planet Initiative has ...

The annual rate of carbon emissions due to the degradation of carbon stocks in mangrove forests is predicted to rise by nearly 50,000% by the end of the century, according to a new study. Mangroves in ...

Mangrove forests, found around tropical and subtropical shorelines, provide a multitude of environmental and economic benefits to coastal systems around the world. In addition to providing habitats ...

In the Bocas del Toro mangrove forests, in Panama’s Caribbean coast, an unexpected phenomenon may be helping stressed out corals cope with climate change. Credit: Jorge Alemán Leila Nilipour Heather ...

Tucked between busy roads and the popular beachfront is Beachwood Mangroves Nature Reserve … one of Durban’s most remarkable ...