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40 million mangroves are dead and the Moon is to blame. Or is it?
What caused the world’s largest die-off of mangroves? A wobble in the Moon’s orbit is partly to blame.
Tag: mangroves
Science & Environment
Scientists use old maps to analyse how the northern Great Barrier Reef has shaped over time
Mangrove forests are rapidly expanding on remote sand cays in the northern Great Barrier Reef, capturing carbon and helping tiny islands grow despite rising sea levels.
Creatura Blog
The banded archerfish is a spitting assassin
This very special fish practises social distancing even when hunting.
Science & Environment
This is what climate change looks like in Australia
Climate change scientists say Australia needs to take a far bolder approach to conservation to stop further deterioration of our environment in a new report by the Climate Council.
Science & Environment
Sharks in seagrass and manatees in mangroves: the importance of coastal wetlands revealed
When we think of mangrove forests, seagrass meadows and saltmarshes, we don’t immediately think of shark habitats.
News
Australia’s thousand year-old wetlands could be wiped out
Researchers have found that by accounting for the impact of man-made structures on sea-level rise in our wetlands, the rate at which these vital ecosystems are predicted to disappear is increased by 50 per cent.
Science & Environment
Extreme weather likely behind worst recorded mangrove dieback in northern Australia
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.