2006年07月26日
ENS薩摩亞，阿庇亞報導；蘇家億編譯；莫聞審校
喜好生長於海水的紅樹林，不僅能消減海浪能量來保護海岸線、過濾海岸汙染，其水底下生長綿長的根部亦能提供魚類棲息。然因氣候變遷造成的海平面上升，太平洋島國沿岸的大規模紅樹林地區將遭到淹没。
Pacific Mangrove Forests Vulnerable to Rising Sea Levels
Rising sea levels linked with climate change are predicted to drown large areas of mangroves that line the shores of Pacific island nations. Mangrove forests provide shoreline protection by reducing wave energy, they act to filter coastal pollution, and the long underwater roots of the salt-loving trees shelter fish nurseries.
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