Timelines of influencing variables shown in climate (A & B), sea level change anomaly (C) and the SLSI (D) compared to the SOI anomaly and changes observed in green fraction (= mangrove canopy condition) for the severely impacted site near Karumba in the Gulf of Carpentaria (E).

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posted on 2022-08-01, 17:24 authored by Norman Clive Duke, Jock R. Mackenzie, Adam D. Canning, Lindsay B. Hutley, Adam J. Bourke, John M. Kovacs, Riley Cormier, Grant Staben, Leo Lymburner, Emma Ai

Vertical red lines indicate major desiccation events in 1982 and in 2015 (Image source: illustration by NCD).

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