News tagged with mangrove
Study sets high economic value on threatened Mexican mangroves
Jul 21, 2008 |
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The ecological value of coastal mangrove forests in Mexico has been apparent to marine scientists for years. Now, for the first time, researchers have used a wide-ranging compilation of fisheries landings, ...
Research finds mangroves being fed to death
May 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- New UQ Science research has found the increase in nutrients coming out of our river systems is putting pressure on our mangrove forests and making them far more susceptible to environmental ...
No ivory-billed woodpecker, but plenty of data
Jul 15, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- They have searched the old-growth forests of the Carolinas, the swamps of Arkansas, the woods of Alabama and Mississippi, and now the vast river of grass, mangrove, cypress and wildlife that ...
Mangroves key to saving lives
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Jul 21, 2008 |
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The replanting of mangroves on the coasts of the Philippines could help save many of the lives lost in the 20-30 typhoons that hit the islands annually. This is one of the numerous reasons for the 'urgent need for immediate ...
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Killifish can adapt to life in a tree
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Oct 19, 2007 |
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Biologists in Belize and Florida have discovered that the mangrove killifish lives in trees when the water they usually live in has disappeared.
The importance of mangrove conservation in tsunami prone regions
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Oct 30, 2007 |
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Agricultural expansion rather than shrimp farming is the major factor responsible for the destruction of tropical mangrove forests in the tsunami-impacted regions of Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar, Bangladesh, India, ...
Mangrove-dependent animals globally threatened
Jul 01, 2009 |
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More than 40 percent of a sample of amphibians, reptiles, mammals, and birds that are restricted to mangrove ecosystems are globally threatened with extinction, according to an assessment published in the July/August issue ...
Mangroves importance and decline studied
Feb 27, 2006 |
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Scientists say mangroves, the backbone of tropical ocean coastlines, are far more important to the global ocean's biosphere than previously thought.
Early environment may be key to determining bird migration location
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Feb 18, 2008 |
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How young migratory birds choose the nesting location of their first breeding season has been something of a mystery in the bird world. But a new University of Maryland/National Zoo study of the American redstart suggests ...
'Nonlinear' ecosystem response points to environmental solutions
Jan 17, 2008 |
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The preservation of coastal ecosystem services such as clean water, storm buffers or fisheries protection does not have to be an all-or-nothing approach, a new study indicates, and a better understanding of how ecosystems ...
Researcher Nets First Measure of Africa's Coastal Forests
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Aug 20, 2009 |
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Impoverished fishermen along the coast of tropical African countries like Mozambique and Madagascar may have only a few more years to eke out a profit from one of their nations' biggest agricultural exports. ...
Mangroves Save Lives In Storms
Apr 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study of storm-related deaths from a super cyclone that hit the eastern coast of India in 1999 finds that villages shielded from the storm surge by mangrove forests experienced significantly ...
Honduras says trees slowed hurricane
Sep 07, 2007 |
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Honduran President Manuel Zelaya credited the country's forests and mangrove swamps with sapping some of Hurricane Felix's strength.
Warming world holds new threats for Aussie wildlife
Mar 31, 2008 |
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Climate change is likely to transform many of Australia’s natural landscapes, according to a new study by CSIRO scientists.
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