A first-degree misdemeanor is punishable by a $10,000 maximum fine or six months in jail, or both. And that's just the ...

Mangroves are a more effective carbon sink than other types of tropical forests, with a recent study revealing that more than 8% of all carbon stocks worldwide are held in Brazil’s mangroves.

Clearing mangrove trees without permission is a first-degree misdemeanor, and could be punishable by a $10,000 maximum fine ...

Scientists have discovered that changes in climate and water levels are reducing the ability of some ecosystems in the ...

It was awful,” said Lynn Sadler of Sebastian. "People need to be held accountable for their actions. Own it when you do wrong ...

As the world marked World Water Day on March 23, attention was drawn to rivers, lakes and groundwater sources, the obvious custodians of life-sustaining water. Yet, in the transition zone where ...

In the early 2000s Feller started recording mangroves she found north of St. Augustine, in the space between two different types of habitat, an ecosystem transition known as an ecotone.

DEP investigates illegal mangrove-removal and Indian River Lagoon water pollution A first-degree misdemeanor is punishable by a $10,000 maximum fine or six months in jail, or both.

DEP investigates illegal mangrove-removal and Indian River Lagoon water pollution A first-degree misdemeanor is punishable by a $10,000 maximum fine or six months in jail, or both.

Sebastian mangrove clearing, Indian River Lagoon water pollution. ... Development worldwide is responsible for destroying more mangrove forests than any other type of coastal habitat.

Sebastian mangrove clearing, Indian River Lagoon water pollution. ... Development worldwide is responsible for destroying more mangrove forests than any other type of coastal habitat.