How these sea-loving mangroves ended up far from the coast
Warming more than 100,000 years ago raised sea levels and displaced the plants far inland
![Fish swimming around roots of red mangrove forest](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/101421_TO_inland-mangrove_feat.jpg?fit=1030%2C580&ssl=1)
Fish and other aquatic life in the San Pedro Mártir River on the Yucatán Peninsula find refuge in the submerged roots of a red mangrove forest. The trees are part of a “relict ecosystem” that has existed for more than 100,000 years.
Octavio Aburto