Mangrove's March North
Climate change begins to reshape equatorial America's biodiversity
The mangrove is a tropical plant. But as the earth warms due to climate change, it is migrating north, providing a barometer for global warming's effect on local ecological systems.
As the earth warms, Mangrove forests have been spawning further and further north. In Florida, the transition is being monitored by Samantha Chapman, an ecology professor. “ The plants are adapting to climate change. They are moving into a place where they couldn't be before because it's warmer and that may…end up helping us with issues like carbon storage and sea level rise.”
FULL SYNOPSIS