Barrier Reef

Great Barrier Reef’s mangrove islands are expanding despite the advance of the sea

(ORDO NEWS) — Similar processes are taking place in other Pacific islands (Tuvalu), but it has not previously been noted that they are accompanied by an extremely rapid expansion of coastal mangrove forests. Scientists from the University of Wollongong (Australia), led by Sarah Hamilton (Sarah Hamylton) explored the islands of the Howick group in the north of the Australian state of Queensland. They are part of the Great Barrier Reef and, like all of its islands, were previously thought to…