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With few hard frosts, tropical mangroves push north
Description: Cold-sensitive mangrove forests have expanded dramatically along Florida's Atlantic Coast as the frequency of killing frosts has declined, according to a new study based on 28 years of satellite data. Between 1984 and 2011, the Florida Atlantic coast from the Miami area northward gained more than 3,000 acres (1,240 hectares) of mangroves. [Source: e! Science News]
URL: http://esciencenews.com/articles/2014/01/01/with.few.hard.frosts.tropical.mangroves.push.north
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Source: e! Science News
Publish Date: 1/1/2014
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