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How the Moon Devastated a Mangrove Forest
- zeristor 4y ago"The lunar nodal cycle controls mangrove canopy cover on the Australian continent" https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abo6602 https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abo6602
- justatdotin 4y agonot /just/ the moon: uncommonly high land and sea temperatures, plus the noted el nino effect on both tides and rainfall not /just/ a mangrove: mangroves right around the northern half of the australian coastline were impacted and not /just/ the mangroves: other sensitive ecosystems, including sea grass meadows, coral and coastal rainforest (monsoon vine thicket) were also impacted