How El Niño and La Niña Climate Swings Threaten Mangroves Worldwide

El Niño and La Niña climate swings threaten mangroves worldwide

New international research demonstrates global-scale patterns in how El Ni o-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) influences mangrove growth and degradation. Previously, impacts had only been documented at individual sites, such as a dramatic die-off in northern Australia in 2015 when more than 40 million mangrove trees perished along a 1,200-mile stretch of coastline.

How El Niño and La Niña climate swings threaten mangroves worldwide

A new international study led by researchers at Tulane University shows that the El Niño and La Niña climate patterns affect nearly half of the world's mangrove forests, underscoring the vulnerability of these vital coastal ecosystems to climatic shifts. Mangroves are shrubs or trees that grow in dense thickets mainly in coastal saline or brackish water.

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Do El Niño or La Niña climate shifts help or hinder mangroves globally?

Mangroves are threatened by climate change, but how much do the 'push and pull' of El Niño or La Niña climate shifts help or hinder?New international research from Tulane University is the first study to demonstrate global-scale patterns in how El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) influences mangrove growth and degradation. (Photo by Daniel Friess, Tulane University).Mangroves are clusters of vegetation that grow as shrubs or trees in coastal sal…

Extreme climate events can transform mangroves from carbon sinks to sources -report « Carbon Pulse

Short-term sea-level changes driven by climatic oscillations such as El Nino and the Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) can trigger widespread mangrove dieback and reverse their role as carbon sinks, a study released Friday has found.

A new international study led by researchers from the University of Tulane shows that climate models in El Niño and La Niña affect almost half of the world's mangrove forests, highlighting the vulnerability of these vital coastal ecosystems to climate change. Mangroves are shrubs or trees that grow in [...]