Living on the edge: An innovative model of mangrove-hammock boundaries in Florida
Thursday, January 26, 2012 - 17:00
in Earth & Climate
The key to understanding how future hurricanes and sea level rise may trigger changes to South Florida's native coastal forests lurks below the surface, according to a new model linking coastal forests to groundwater. Just inland from the familiar mangroves that line the coasts lie hardwood hammocks that are sensitive to salinity changes in water found in the soils.