Against the heat, urbanization and sand of the United Arab Emirates, the calm, muddy waterways of the Gulf state's coastal mangroves are being restored and replanted in an ambitious fight against climate change. Tropical mangrove forests are complex ecosystems anchored around mangrove trees that thrive in inhospitable hot, muddy and salty conditions. They protect coastal communities from storms and floods, host diverse and endangered species, and can mitigate climate change by sequestering atmospheric carbon. withstand extremely high salinity and super high temperatures," said Hamad al-Jailani, a scientist at Environment. (Abir Ahmar and Amr Alfiky, REUTERS)

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