Sunday 18 October 2015

Rising seas will drown mangrove forests

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Rising seas will drown mangrove forests
Brisbane, Australia (SPX) Oct 15, 2015 - Mangrove forests around the Indo-Pacific region could be submerged by 2070, international research published this week says. Even with relatively low sea-level rises, many mangrove forests had a poor outlook said Professor Catherine Lovelock, a University of Queensland ecologist. "Mangrove forests are particularly vulnerable," she said. "Mangroves are predicted to be submerged in parts of ... more


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