Thoothukudi District's Forest Department is intensively working to restore mangrove forests, crucial for coastal protection ...

Mangrove ecosystems rank among the most efficient "blue carbon" systems on Earth, capable of absorbing and storing vast quantities of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2). However, mangroves also release ...

To better understand important dynamics at play in flood-prone coastal areas, Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists working on simulations of Earth’s carbon and nutrient cycles paid a visit to ...

In recent decades, mangroves along the Atlantic coast of North America have expanded into areas traditionally dominated by ...

Thoothukudi's Forest Department is expanding mangrove forests to protect the coast and support livelihoods. The project, ...

Environmental activist Natasha Pereira said the central government’s intervention in the matter via the January 2 letter ...

If any single event was a watershed for conservation of the world's mangrove forests, it was the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004. The day after Christmas that year, a magnitude 9.1 earthquake thundered ...

University of British Columbia provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation CA. University of British Columbia provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA-FR. Mangroves are ...

PAMBALA LAGOON, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka's government and environmentalists are working to protect tens of thousands of acres of mangrove forests – the seawater-tolerant trees that help protect and ...

The mangrove forests in the Thoothukudi district serve as a primary protective shield for the coastal environment and the livelihoods of residents. Mangroves spread across river mouths, estuaries, and ...