Sula E. Vanderplank

Adjunct Professor, San Diego State University

The Conversation
A stand of red mangroves in the calm, calcium-rich, fresh waters of the San Pedro Mártir River, Tabasco, Mexico.

A forgotten mangrove forest around remote inland lagoons in Mexico’s Yucatán tells a story of rising seas

Environment

Mangroves grow in saltwater along tropical coastlines, but scientists have found them along a river in Mexico’s Yucatán, more than 100 miles from the sea. Climate change explains their shift.