#mangroves — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #mangroves, aggregated by home.social.
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A split-surface over-under photograph by Renee Capozzola captures a traditional outrigger canoe floating above a thriving coral reef. In the top half, a person wearing a bright, colorful sarong sits aboard the wooden canoe on calm, sunlit water, with dense green mangrove forests lining the shore under a bright blue sky.
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#MangroveForests are healing after decades of human destruction
by Matt McGrath and Esme Stallard
June 4, 2026"The world's coastal #mangrove forests, which protect millions of people from storms - and soak up vast amounts of planet-warming gases - are staging an unexpected comeback, scientists find.
"For decades these swampy trees had been declining rapidly as they were cleared for fish farms and housing.
"But a new study shows that since 2010 the world has been gaining more mangroves than it has been losing - driven by stronger #LegalProtections and increased #PublicAwareness of their importance, sparked by disasters such as the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.
"The researchers say the key factor though is the remarkable capacity of these forests to #regenerate naturally once humans stop chopping them down.
"Mangroves are one of the world's unsung #environmental heroes.
"Not only do they store up to five times more #CarbonDioxide than land-based forests, but their tangled roots can also slow down waves and protect coastal communities from #StormSurges and #tsunamis.
"These same roots provide a perfect nursery for many species of fish and other #MarineLife - protecting them from predators and providing ample food.
"These benefits, though, have come under serious threat over the past century as the rise of fish farming, agriculture and the expansion of coastal cities and towns have seen mangroves chopped down and rapidly removed.
"From the 1980s to 2010, over 12,000 sq km (4,600 sq miles) of mangroves were cleared or destroyed across #Asia, #Africa and the #Americas - an area the size of Jamaica.
"However, the new study shows a real reversal of that trend, particularly over the last decade. The total net losses - the forest lost and not replaced - since the 1980s have now been reduced to around 849 sq km (328 sq miles)."
Read more:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn4pk07npvvoArchived version:
https://archive.ph/EX19Y#SolarPunkSunday #FishNurseries #Mangroves #RestoreNature #CoastalRewilding #RestoringMangroves
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Interesting. I've seen these crabs in the mangroves, although not as common as other mud crabs.
"NUS researchers Peter Todd and Ian Chan, from the university’s Department of Biological Sciences, believe this is the first known example of such light-focusing external structures used for signalling in animals."
#Singapore #SouthEastAsia #Crabs #MudCrabs #Mangroves #Light #Structures
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Way ahead of you, #Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/mar/12/el-salvador-bitcoin-city-mangroves-president-nayib-bukele My take from 2022 here https://news.mongabay.com/2022/06/environmental-paradise-or-dystopian-debacle-promise-and-peril-of-futuristic-island-communities-commentary/ #mangroves #climatecrisis #Climate #bitcoin #seasteading #bukele #COVID #garifuna #utopia
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The Importance of #Mangroves
#Florida mangroves provide protection from #storms, nurseries for #wildlife and recreation for people.
May 04, 2020 | Last updated April 05, 2023
Threats to #MangroveForests
"Unfortunately, there are many challenges that place mangrove forests under threat. Human impact such as #dredging, #filling, #WaterPollution from #herbicides and #development can lead to mangrove erosion and #HabitatDestruction. When mangrove forests are cleared and destroyed, they release massive amounts of #CarbonDioxide into the atmosphere, contributing to #ClimateChange."
#Hurricanes #HumanDevelopment #Florida #Overdevelopment #ProtectTheWetlands #ProtectMangroveForests
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Landowner in #Sindh, #Pakistan been trying to sell ancestral land for pennies, but can't due to sea infiltration (& regular flooding)
Land farmed & inhabited for thousands of years of recorded history, ruled by Greek Alexander the Great, Hindu Rajas, Arab Mohammad bin Qasim, the Mughals and the British Raj, now lies effectively abandoned
The sea claims land long before it floods
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2494443/indus-deltas-downstream-dilemma
#ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #ClimateDiary #GlobalSouth #Agriculture #Mangroves #Paktodon
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CW: #ExtinctionIsForever #Auspol Will Australia preserve the internationally protected RAMSAR wetlands or give in to real estate bullies Walker Group who want to drain the mudflats and mangroves at Toondah to build high-rise apartments?
#EasternCurlew #Dugongs #Mudflats #SeaGrasses #Mangroves #ExtinctionIsForever
“Every summer for hundreds – probably thousands – of years, eastern curlews and other long-distance flyers have recuperated at #Toondah Harbour on Moreton Bay, near Brisbane, after their massive journeys back from the northern hemisphere.
#ToondahHarbour #RAMSAR #RAMSARWetlands #Meanjin #Brisbane #Quandamooka #Minjerribah #Mulgumpin #Qldpol #ExtinctionRebellion
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Predicting The Fate Of Shallow Coastal Ecosystems For The Year 2100
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https://phys.org/news/2023-11-fate-shallow-coastal-ecosystems-year.html <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000298 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #sealevelrise #SLR #sealevel #coast #coastalecosystems #climatechange #model #modeling #spatialanalysis #global #spatiotemporal #coral #mangroves #marshes #seagrass #meadows #warming #seawater #microagal #marine #ecosystems #tidal #tidalmarshes #coastaldevelopment #humanimpacts #construction #development #coastalengineering #infrastructure #coastalmanagement #coastalprotection #mitigation #habitat #geomorphology #topobathy #bathymetry -
How Fiji is Using Manmade and #NaturalInfrastructure for #ClimateAdaptation
#ClimateChange and #SeaLevelRise challenge #Fiji. Planting #Mangroves protects communities, reduces #Wave height, #WindSpeed and #Erosion. Combining #SeaWalls and mangroves for #DisasterRiskManagement of #Storms and #Cyclones. Improving #HouseConstruction and #BuiltInfrastructure. Improving #Sanitation for #PublicHealth in times of #Flooding