Solar stills can be a very useful way to produce drinking water from dirty or salty water, but there’s plenty of room for improvements in efficiency. Now, engineers at Virginia Tech have developed a ...

Note to audience: Andrew West is a multi-media photographer at the News-Press and Naples Daily News. He has been covering Southwest Florida since 1997. One of his favorite things to cover is the ...

Mangroves may not be the first thing you picture when you think 'forest', but they're both incredible, unique ecosystems and serve as a kind of structural and water-quality coastguard. And while ...

Beyond their inherent value as living organisms, mangrove trees are vital when it comes to protecting healthy waters and fisheries and even human development. A 2019 study from The Nature Conservancy ...

Using high-resolution data, researchers have created the first map of the causes of change in global mangrove habitats between 2000 and 2016 - a valuable tool to aid conservation efforts for these ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. If we don’t curb fossil fuel emissions, mangroves around the ...

Bare trees with slender branches line a half-built highway overpass in eastern Mumbai. These are mangroves, trees or shrubs found in tropical swampy marshland with roots that grow above the ground.

Mangrove forests, found around tropical and subtropical shorelines, provide a multitude of environmental and economic benefits to coastal systems around the world. In addition to providing habitats ...