Climate change killed 40 million Australian mangroves in 2015. Here's why they'll probably never grow back

  • Written by: Norman Duke, Professor of Mangrove Ecology, James Cook University
Climate change killed 40 million Australian mangroves in 2015. Here's why they'll probably never grow backNorman Duke, Author provided

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In the summer of 2015-2016, some 40 million mangroves shrivelled up and died across the wild Gulf of Carpentaria in northern Australia, after extremely...

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