Women crouch next to crackling fires made with mangrove wood. People use nets to sift for shrimp in the saltwater creeks that trickle through the forest, and then pile their catch in the sun to dry.

In a recent study, we estimated that the wood and soil of mangrove forests along the world’s coastlines hold 3 billion metric tons of carbon – more than tropical forests. We have also shown ...

Image of mangrove nurseries in Maputo, Mozambique. (Credit: Vilma Machava, U.S. Forest Service International Programs) For the study, the researchers used models to measure carbon storage capacity ...

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu’s mangrove forests collectively store 8.73 lakh tonnes of carbon stock, making them a crucial ... height, and wood density, combined with soil carbon measurements.

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Around the world, mangrove forests have undergone a decades-long decline that is just now slowing to a halt. In Pakistan, by contrast ...

Women crouch next to crackling fires made with mangrove wood. People use nets to sift for shrimp in the saltwater creeks that trickle through the forest, and then pile their catch in the sun to dry.