This event was the world’s worst incidence of mangrove tree deaths in recorded history. These photos show the devastating scale of this disaster.
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Estuaries shelter and offer respite to countless species of birds, fish and mammals.
These crucial ecosystems are being battered by lots of different threats that are combining to make the matter worse.
Coastal erosion in West Africa is a cause for global concern. The global community must rally to address climate change which is causing the retreat.
All nations must ramp up efforts to preserve and restore their coastal regions – and the time to start is right now.
Tsunamis aren’t just bigger-than-average waves. Triggered by undersea earthquakes or volcanic eruptions like the one in Tonga, they are fast, massive and potentially destructive. Here’s why.
Mangroves grow in saltwater along tropical coastlines, but scientists have found them along a river in Mexico’s Yucatan, more than 100 miles from the sea. Climate change explains their shift.
This kind of research, with consistent data collection at the same locations over time, helps support global understanding of climate change.
The Army Corps of Engineers is planning a sea wall 6 miles long and flood gates. The infrastructure might protect downtown from a hurricane storm surge, but most of the area will still be vulnerable.
The Mediterranean region, with its biodiversity, climate, demographics, and economic activities such as tourism, agriculture and fisheries, is particularly vulnerable to environmental risks.
Healthy seagrasses form underwater meadows teeming with fish and shellfish. A successful large-scale restoration project in Virginia could become a model for reseeding damaged seagrass beds worldwide.
Sea levels could be two metres higher by 2100. How will our relationship to the drowned coast change?
A new study estimates that mangroves prevent over $65 billion in damage from coastal storms every year, and says mangrove protection should be funded in the same way as infrastructure like seawalls.
Sandy beaches are densely populated and occupy more than one third of the global coastline.
Scientists are building up a picture of how much carbon can be taken out of the atmosphere and stored in coastal ecosystems.
Research into public health benefits of integrating nature into cities has focused on green spaces. New studies suggest water features are just as useful and can piggyback on other infrastructure goals.
If nothing is done now, seas could rise a metre by 2100, and four metres by 2300.
The IPCC report says extreme sea level events that used to hit once a century will occur once a year in many places by 2050. This situation is inevitable, even if emissions are dramatically curbed.
Corals, mangroves and seagrass habitats have been affected by extreme weather events, and some may never recover.
New research makes the economic case for mangroves.
Top contributors
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Professor of Physical Geography, University of the Witwatersrand
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AXA Chair in Coastal Resilience & Research Professor, University of California, Santa Cruz
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Professor, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Marine Biology and Conservation, Bournemouth University
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Architecte, Labex AE&CC, Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Grenoble, Conservatoire national des arts et métiers (CNAM)
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CSIRO Research Group Leader Ecosystem Modelling and Risk Assessment, CSIRO
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Professor, The University of Queensland
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Lecturer, University of St Andrews
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Profesor en el Departamento de Biodiversidad, Ecología y Evolución, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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Professor, School for Resource and Environmental Studies, Dalhousie University
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Senior Lecturer in Tourism Management, University of Central Lancashire
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Adjunct Professor, San Diego State University
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Professor of Climate Adaptation, University of East Anglia
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Lecturer in Ecosystem Science and Policy, University of Miami
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Scientific Research, Unesco
