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 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