Swiss Re’s study also noted the financial implications of coastal habitat degradation. One analysis in Florida estimated that ...

Natural habitats like mangrove swamps and salt marshes can provide significant protection against storms and help reduce ...

Coastal habitats, coral reefs and mangrove swamps, can reduce flood losses, according to a new Swiss Re Institute study that includes analysis of flood insurance claims.

Salinity has been an enemy of agriculture for millennia because even though many crops can withstand low to moderate salt ...

These soggy spots have been dismissed as inhospitable smudges on the map — even serving as a metaphor for corruption that ...

The world's peatlands are "dangerously under-protected", warns a new study, despite their critical role in storing vast ...

The measure ( SB 50) would establish more stringent standards for the development, maintenance and restoration of resilient ...

Despite their multiple benefits, coastal areas storing blue carbon have been seriously eroded, with more than 50% of the world’s original salt marshes lost during the 20th century. Up to 35% of ...

The fight against climate change often brings to mind images of lush forests, wind turbines and solar panels. However, one of the most powerful yet overlooked tools in this battle lies beneath the ...

Background: Blue Carbon Blue Carbon is the carbon dioxide stored by marine and coastal ecosystems such as mangroves, salt marshes, and seagrass meadows. Seagrass meadows sequester carbon in the ...

Various institutions underscored the need to protect and conserve the precious and essential wetlands ecosystems during the World Wetlands Day (WWD) 2025. Leading the country’s celebration of WWD 2025 ...

Salt marshes, seagrass beds, and mangroves remove greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and store them in plants and soil in these diminishing coastal complexes. The carbon ...