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Using mangrove genes to protect where the land meets the sea

February 20, 2022February 20, 2022 Brandi Pessman 0 Comments coasts, diversity, genetics, mangroves, Restoration

When two of Earth’s forces meet, we often get monumental products. Where the land meets the sea, the mighty mangrove forest protects the coastline and all its inhabitants. Deforestation has led to rapid declines of mangroves, threatening the diversity of life that they support. Analyzing the genetic variation in a forest is a promising tool for protective measures and restoration. Saving mangrove forests might be in the genes.

Climate Ecosystems Environmental Science

Not so blue anymore: how dead mangroves burden coastal carbon sinks

August 23, 2019August 23, 2019 Jackie Webb 0 Comments blue carbon, Climate Change, coastal environments, mangroves, methane

Mangrove forests have been feeling the pressure of climate change. With heat waves and low rainfall, many mangroves along a 1000 km stretch of coastline in northern Australia have been wiped out. However, the dead trees are living on by contributing large methane emissions which has consequences to global mangrove carbon stores and climate change. Read on to find out how the living dead remain active methane emitters.