Our native plants evolved along with our native pollinators, insects and animals. Even migrating birds ... like mangroves, salt marsh grasses and salt tolerant plants for occasional flooding.
Salt marshes are one of the three blue carbon ecosystems recognized by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). However, coastal salt marshes in China are facing the risk of degradation.
Now, scientists have discovered that mangrove and salt marshes store twice the amount of carbon as previously thought ... The researchers' findings were published in the scientific journal Nature ...
It added that the salt marshes provide breeding grounds for fish, as well as food and shelter for other animals, and claimed they could help prevent flooding. A public consultation will be held on ...