More than five million pesos were allocated during the year 2024 for the protection and preservation of mangroves in the ...

While the Bay of Bengal is the source of seawater for the mangroves, the estuarine complex supplies freshwater. The mangroves span 51 islets separated by a web of waterways connecting the Vellar ...

In the deepest freshwater marshes, peat soils average 2 to 3 feet in thickness. In Everglades mangroves, peat soil thickness can exceed 10 feet. When we deprive marshes of freshwater, peat soils ...

As we near the end of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, it is important to acknowledge how invaluable natural systems, including mangrove forests, are along our coasts. Mangroves are a type of ...

Mangroves are salt-tolerant trees and shrubs and are mainly found in areas where freshwater and saltwater meet. Mangroves ...

mangrove forest loss, reduced freshwater supply, and depleted fisheries. The 17 creeks that once delivered freshwater to the Delta have been reduced to one, and no freshwater reaches the delta for ...