Real-world time-travel experiment shows ecosystem collapse due to anthropogenic climate change - Nature Communications
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Over 13 years, coastal Louisiana’s wetlands have been endangered by a sea-level rise rate comparable to what is expected later this century. While the rate may not persist over the next few decades, this natural experiment indicates a 75% drowning of these wetlands by 2070 under current carbon emissions.
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Original Title: Scientists studied real-time changes in coastal wetlands over 13 years in response to rapid sea-level rise along Gulf of Mexico. Measurements at 253 monitoring sites show that 87% of these sites cannot adapt to rising sea levels, and 75% of Louisiana’s coastal wetlands could collapse by 2070.