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Australia: Climate Change blamed for mangrove deaths
2016-07-11 02:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AAP: Vast swathes of mangroves have died in Australia's north, with scientists saying climate change is likely responsible for the staggering scale of the event. Once healthy mangroves that lined the Gulf of Carpentaria's coastline are now dead, and the die-off happened over a single month, James Cook University Professor Norm Duke says. He says the scale of the event is a world first and coincided with a mass coral bleaching event on the Great Barrier Reef. About 7000 hectares have been affected along...
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Berry Bros & Rudd drops Maxxium, Mangrove in UK distribution move
2016-05-04 16:43:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
Berry Bros & Rudd is set to pull the UK distribution of its spirits stable from Maxxium and Mangrove.
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Causes of mangrove deforestation in Southeast Asia identified
2016-01-05 20:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Southeast Asia has the greatest diversity of mangrove species in the world, and mangrove forests provide multiple ecosystem services upon which millions of people depend. Mangroves enhance fisheries by providing habitat for young fishes and offer coastal protection against storms and floods. They also store substantially higher densities of carbon, as compared to most other ecosystems globally, thus playing an important role in soaking up carbon dioxide emissions and mitigating climate change. Despite...
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After Oil Spill, Unique Mangrove Forest Faces More Threats
2015-05-07 21:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: On December 9, 2014, a wrecked tanker released approximately 94,000 gallons (78,271 Imperial gallons) of heavy fuel oil into the Shela River, which runs through the Sundarbans, the sprawling and remote mangrove forest shared between India and Bangladesh in the Bay of Bengal. Now another shipping disaster is unfolding, as a capsized cargo vessel, Jabalenoor, leaks 200 tonnes of potash fertilizer into the Sundarbans Bhola River, southeast of the earlier oil spill. A UNESCO World Heritage site,...
After Oil Spill in Bangladesh's Unique Mangrove Forest, Fears About Rare Animals
2014-12-16 22:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: Oil from a wrecked tanker is creating a disaster in the waters of Bangladesh's Sundarbans, the largest contiguous tidal mangrove forest in the world and a haven for a spectacular array of species, including the rare Irrawaddy and Gangetic dolphins and the highly endangered Bengal tiger. "This catastrophe is unprecedented in the Sundarbans, and we don't know how to tackle this," Amir Hossain, chief forest official of the Sundarbans in Bangladesh, told reporters. Named for the native sundari...