The Amazon Connection to the Atlantic Carbon Sink
Saturday, August 30th, 2008Yes, I admit it: I a still catching up on my backlog of summer reading on science and technology! This story interests me for several reasons. First, of course, is that it involves Latin America — namely that magnificent force of nature known as the Amazon River. Second is that it involves what is arguably […]
Update: The Economic Value of Mexican Mangroves
Sunday, August 17th, 2008When last May I blogged about the importance of Mexico’s inventory of its mangroves, I declared that mangroves matter. One of the reasons I cited was that they usually serve as nurseries and homes for many fish, shrimp, crabs, mollusks and other marine life (in the Dominican Republic, for example, many of the endangered manatees […]