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In a world-first, scientists have counted the greenhouse gas absorbed and emitted by Australia’s mangroves, seagrass and other ocean ecosystems.
If nothing is done now, seas could rise a metre by 2100, and four metres by 2300.
Oxygen produced by these plants helps animals boost their metabolism to match the heat.
Federal and state agencies are carrying out a 35-year, multi-billion-dollar plan to restore Florida’s Everglades, but have not factored sea level rise or other climate change impacts into their plans.
New research makes the economic case for mangroves.
Far more megafauna species use coastal wetlands than we thought. And it affects the way we need to address the extinction crisis.
Thousands of hydropower dams are under construction around the world. New research shows that by cutting off sediment flow, these dams can have big ecological effects on far-off bays and deltas.
George Monbiot talks with an ecologist about natural solutions to the climate crisis.
The Trump administration is sharply reducing environmental protection for wetlands and streams across the US. This roundup of stories spotlights the many benefits that such water bodies provide.
Mangrove forests along the world’s tropical and subtropical coasts store enormous quantities of ‘blue’ carbon – especially in river delta zones, where soil builds up quickly.
Mangrove forests grow in the tidal lagoons of tropical coastlines and they could actually benefit from climate change. Here’s what that means for us.
Coral reefs are in trouble, but other marine species are also feeling the strain but are off the conservation radar.
Coastal development is destroying marshes, mangroves and other wetlands that provide valuable protection from hurricanes and storms. Research shows these benefits can be worth millions of dollars.
Wetlands are some of the world’s most undervalued weapons against climate change. They store huge quantities of carbon – but without better protection, many could soon be drained or paved over.
Australia has seen an unprecedented number of widespread, catastrophic transformations in response to extreme weather events.
As Earth’s climate warms, mangroves are expanding north and south from tropical zones. Mangroves reinforce shorelines and store huge quantities of carbon, so protecting them is an effective climate strategy.
New research by scholars, conservationists and the insurance industry shows that coastal wetlands provide hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of protection from flooding, boosting the case for protecting them.
In early 2016 reports appeared that vast swathes of mangroves had died in the Gulf of Carpentaria. It now appears heat and drought were to blame.
Mangroves are superheroes on both land and sea, storing carbon and providing protection for coasts.
Top contributors
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Research Associate, Institute of Coastal and Marine Research, Nelson Mandela University
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Professor, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University
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AXA Chair in Coastal Resilience & Research Professor, University of California, Santa Cruz
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Professor of Biology, The University of Queensland
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Coastal Flood Risk, University of California, Santa Cruz
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Professor, University of St Andrews
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Postdoctoral research associate, Charles Darwin University
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Professor of Mangrove Ecology, James Cook University
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Professor in School of Earth, Atmospheric and Life Sciences; and Director of Environmental Futures Research Centre, University of Wollongong
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Professor in Environment and Development, University of Leeds
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Distinguished Professor of Marine Science, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Leeds
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Senior Lecturer in Climatology, Director, Climate Futures Program, University of Tasmania
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Honorary Adviser on Burma for the State of the Tropics, James Cook University
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Professor of Natural Sciences, UCL
