Mangroves could be a secret weapon in helping to turn the tide on climate change. Mangrove trees act as a carbon bank – capturing four times more carbon than rainforests and locking it deep in their roots or vaults, keeping the harmful gas from entering the atmosphere for millennia. Abu Dhabi is using its expertise in mangroves to support the growth of mangrove habitats throughout the world.
When mangrove tree roots, branches and leaves die they are usually covered by soil, which is then submerged under tidal water, slowing the breakdown of materials and boosting carbon storage. Research shows that coastal mangroves outperform most other forests in their capacity to store carbon.
Crabs love mangrove swamps. But the mangroves may not love them back. Crabs’ voracious appetite for mangrove seeds can be a prime reason why efforts to replant lost mangroves often fail. So keeping ...
With their dense tangle of roots, trees and shrubs in mangrove forests help to stabilize coastlines all across the equator region by reducing erosion from daily tides and major storm surges alike. But ...
TOBOR, Senegal (AFP) – Crabs scuttle among mangrove roots in a dense riverbank forest in southern Senegal, where a major reforestation project is reviving wildlife and boosting the west African ...
Rocking spidery legs and surrounded by stinky mud and hordes of insects ready to take a bite, the red mangrove was a hard tree to love. But its irreplaceable role in our ecosystems made it a tree we ...
Fiddler crabs burrowing beneath arid mangrove forests help bring beneficial bacteria to an ecosystem in dire need of nutrients. Plant growth in arid mangrove forests is limited by a lack of rainfall, ...