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Rising sea levels could wipe out mangroves by 2050 - The Verge
Jun 04, 2020 39 secs

Mangrove forests aren’t moving fast enough to escape rising sea levels and could disappear by 2050, according to new research.

Mangrove forests will be in danger of dying out when sea levels rise by more than 6 millimeters per year, the study published in the journal Science found.

Sea levels are already rising globally at a rate of more than 3 millimeters a year — although some places are already seeing even more drastic change.

Up close, a tangle of mangrove roots alone can resemble a forest rising above the water.

There isn’t enough information on the recent effects human-induced sea-level rise (caused by melting ice and warmer water expanding) have had on mangroves.

They found that mangrove ecosystems only developed when rates of sea-level rise dropped below about 7 millimeters a year.

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