A Thousand-Year-Old Tree Is Slowing Down the Sea. Do You Know Him?

Its roots rise like stilts and form a network so dense that it stops hurricanes, tsunamis and the advance of the sea. This natural guardian protects more than 15 million people all over the world. In the region of Sinú, in Córdoba, Colombia, who used to cut it today are planting it to curb coastal erosion. In Mexico there is the Manglar colorado, white, prieto, botoncillo and knight, among others; and although it seems distant, Morelos also depe…