A recent article published on Climate Change News quoted ESSIC Assistant Research Scientist Ariana Sutton-Grier regarding global mangrove ecosystems. The article focused on the environmental and economic affects of decreasing coastal ecosystems in Kenya. Sutton-Grier explained, "By the end of the century we could easily have no mangroves left."
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