The Impact of Climate Change on Mangrove Forests

Mangrove forests have survived a number of catastrophic climate events since first appearing along the shores of the Tethys Sea during the late Cretaceous-Early Tertiary. The existence of mangrove peat deposits worldwide attests to past episodes of local and regional extinction, primarily in respons...

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Published inCurrent climate change reports Vol. 1; no. 1; pp. 30 - 39
Main Author Alongi, Daniel M.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham Springer International Publishing 01.03.2015
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Atmospheric Sciences
Carbon dioxide
Carbon dioxide concentration
Catastrophic events
Climate Change
Climate Change Management and Policy
Climatology
Coasts
Cretaceous
Deltas
Earth and Environmental Science
Ecological Impacts of Climate Change (A Baker
Ecosystems
Environment
Environmental changes
Environmental impact
Fluvial deposits
Forests
Global temperatures
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Mangrove swamps
Mangroves
Oceanography
Paleoceanography
Peat
Sea level
Sea level rise
Section Editor
Sediments
Shores
Soil erosion
Survival
Tertiary
Topical Collection on Ecological Impacts of Climate Change
Great Barrier Reef
Climate change
Ecological impacts
Predictions
Mangroves
Sea level rise
Greenhouse
Tropics
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Summary:Mangrove forests have survived a number of catastrophic climate events since first appearing along the shores of the Tethys Sea during the late Cretaceous-Early Tertiary. The existence of mangrove peat deposits worldwide attests to past episodes of local and regional extinction, primarily in response to abrupt, rapid rises in sea level. Occupying a harsh margin between land and sea, most mangrove plants and associated organisms are predisposed to be either resilient or resistant to most environmental change. Based on the most recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) forecasts, mangrove forests along arid coasts, in subsiding river deltas, and on many islands are predicted to decline in area, structural complexity, and/or in functionality, but mangroves will continue to expand polewards. It is highly likely that they will survive into the foreseeable future as sea level, global temperatures, and atmospheric CO 2 concentrations continue to rise.
ISSN:2198-6061
2198-6061
DOI:10.1007/s40641-015-0002-x