Why are there no Arctic mangroves?
Research from Japan reveals that mangroves can’t cope with cold feet.
Tag: mangroves
The mangroves the ice left behind
In the waters of a river in Tabasco grows a population of red mangrove: a lost world whose origins can be traced back to the last glaciation.
Many mangrove restorations fail. Is there a better way?
These carbon-hoarding, coastline-protecting forests are sponges for greenhouse gases. Doing plantings right and involving local communities are key to saving them.
When speed is a problem in mangrove restoration
Rapid restoration isn’t always the best restoration, when the restoring species is invasive.
Mutualistic relationship between mangrove plants and diazotrophs
Root hairs to halt global warming
Can plants help fight global warming? Nigel Chaffey looks to the roots.
When seas rise rapidly
We think of sea-level rise as a long-term threat, but sometimes the change is catastrophically quick, and it’s the recovery that is long-term.
Biomechanics of rhizophores in Rhizophora mangroves
Rhizophora mangle supports a thinner stem of higher mechanical resistance when compared to Avicennia germinans, a co-existing mangrove lacking rhizophores.