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Fossils discovered in Barro Colorado Island suggests that the central Panama was once home to a vast mangrove forest. Read more here.
Mangroves are salt-tolerant shrubs that thrive in the harshest conditions. Still, new UniSA research shows that they are also avid coastal protectors, capable of surviving in heavily metal-contaminated environments.
Researchers have discovered a new incentive to safeguard mangrove forests: for the past 5,000 years, they have been silently removing carbon from the Earth's atmosphere.
Experts say that Mangroves help mitigate climate change by storing carbon and keeping the carbon out of the atmosphere for the past 5,000 years.
A 200-year-old desert giant was destroyed after a seasonal downpour. As former visitors lamented its demise and shared pictures of the statuesque structure in all its splendor, park officials pointed out what they thought would be a "silver lining." This famous symbol of the Southwest stood for two centuries.