Many mangrove restorations fail. Is there a better way? – knowable MAGAZINE
In the aftermath of the (Indian Ocean) tsunami (of 2004), some scientists reported that settlements behind swampy, shoreline mangrove forests often suffered less damage, and fewer casualties…
Many took the lesson to heart: Mangroves had to return.
Hurricane Ian Hits Home
There are some important lessons from Hurricane Ian that we need to think seriously about before we start into yet another cycle of federal aid and rebuilding in the same areas again. Hurricanes are getting more powerful as the oceans continue to warm. It is the evaporation from the warmer ocean waters and the subsequent atmospheric circulation and winds that produce these hurricanes with their associated heavy rainfall and storm surges. They aren’t going away and if anything, all indications are that they will become even more powerful.