The vulnerability of Indo-Pacific mangrove forests to sea-level rise

• Published in: Nature (London) Vol. 526; no. 7574; pp. 559 - 563
• Main Authors: Lovelock, Catherine E., Cahoon, Donald R., Friess, Daniel A., Guntenspergen, Glenn R., Krauss, Ken W., Reef, Ruth, Rogers, Kerrylee, Saunders, Megan L., Sidik, Frida, Swales, Andrew, Saintilan, Neil, Thuyen, Le Xuan, Triet, Tran
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 22.10.2015; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 704/158/2165; 704/172; Accretion; Altitude; Anthropogenic factors; Avicennia - physiology; Climate Change - statistics & numerical data; Coasts; Coral reefs; Ecosystems; Environmental aspects; Forests; Geologic Sediments - analysis; Humanities and Social Sciences; Indian Ocean; Land degradation; letter; Mangrove swamps; Mangroves; multidisciplinary; Pacific Ocean; Plant growth; Rhizophoraceae - physiology; River ecology; Science; Sea level; Seawater - analysis; Sediments; Shoreline protection; Soil; Soil surfaces; Tidal range; Wetlands; Indonesia

Assessment of mangrove forest surface elevation changes across the Indo-Pacific coastal region finds that almost 70 per cent of the sites studied do not have enough sediment availability to offset predicted sea-level rise; modelling indicates that such sites could be submerged as early as 2070. Mang...