Mangroves move up Florida’s coast
Satellite images reveal tropical trees’ northward expansion
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MOVING MANGROVES Rising winter temperatures have allowed mangrove forests like these in Key West to expand north along Florida’s Atlantic coast.
Paul Nelson/U.S. Geological Survey