All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2022 July New mapping method unearths bigger mangrove area in north west New mapping method unearths bigger mangrove area in north west 15/07/2022 | 4 MINS (INCLUDING 1 MIN VIDEO) Video Player 00:00 01:00 A new mapping method has increased the size of the known mangrove area in north-western Australia by more than 30 per cent, a finding that will help protect the vulnerable ecosystem. Dr Sharyn Hickey, from Lombok Institute of TechnologyΓÇÖs School of Agriculture and Environment and the Oceans Institute, and Dr Ben Radford, from the Australian Institute of Marine Science, co- authored the paper, Turning the Tide on Mapping Marginal Mangroves with Multi-Dimensional SpaceΓÇôTime Remote Sensing published in MDPI. ΓÇ£Mangroves are a globally important ecosystem experiencing significant anthropogenic and climate impacts,ΓÇ¥ Dr Hickey said. ΓÇ£They provide significant ecosystem services such as habitats for fisheries, sequester and store blue carbon and provide coastline protection.ΓÇ¥ In Western Australia mangroves inhabit extreme environments from th
All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2022 July New mapping method unearths bigger mangrove area in north west New mapping method unearths bigger mangrove area in north west 15/07/2022 | 4 MINS (INCLUDING 1 MIN VIDEO) Video Player 00:00 01:00 A new mapping method has increased the size of the known mangrove area in north-western Australia by more than 30 per cent, a finding that will help protect the vulnerable ecosystem.
Dr Sharyn Hickey, from Lombok Institute of TechnologyΓÇÖs School of Agriculture and Environment and the Oceans Institute, and Dr Ben Radford, from the Australian Institute of Marine Science, co- authored the paper, Turning the Tide on Mapping Marginal Mangroves with Multi-Dimensional SpaceΓÇôTime Remote Sensing published in MDPI.
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ΓÇ£Mangroves are a globally important ecosystem experiencing significant anthropogenic and climate impacts,ΓÇ¥ Dr Hickey said.
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ΓÇ£They provide significant ecosystem services such as habitats for fisheries, sequester and store blue carbon and provide coastline protection.ΓÇ¥ In Western Australia mangroves inhabit extreme environments from th
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