Marching Mangroves Threaten This Delicate Florida Ecosystem

www.sierraclub.org

South Florida residents worry about the inland and northward march of the trees

The Mangrove Mothers

The Nature Conservancy

The women of Pate Island are fixing Kenya’s coastal forests one seedling at a time.

World’s Largest Mangrove Die-Off Was Likely Aided by the Moon

Smithsonian Magazine

In the summer of 2015, some 18,000 acres of lush mangrove forest turned brown and perished in northern Australia’s Gulf of Carpentaria. With 40 million dead trees, this event became the largest mangrove die-off in recorded history.  Scientists thought they knew the reason.

Swamps Can Protect Against Climate Change, If We Only Let Them

The New Yorker

It can be hell finding one’s way across an extensive boggy moor—the partially dry, rough ground and the absence of any landmarks let the eye rove helplessly into the monotype distance. Everything undulates, the rise and fall share the same muted palette, and the senses dull.

Networking in nature

oceanbites

Source: Schwarz, C., F. van Rees, D. Xie, M. G. Kleinhans, and B. van Maanen. 2022. Salt marshes create more extensive channel networks than mangroves. Nature Communications 13:1–9. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29654-1 The plants that line our coasts are, above all, survivors.