For decades, coastal mangrove forests have been decimated by development. But just this past week, forty years of satellite data confirmed something remarkable…
🌿 Good news: Mangrove forests worldwide are now growing back faster than they’re disappearing, with forty years of NASA satellite data showing the decline has reversed thanks to conservation, restoration, and regrowth.
💰 Not-so-good news: A new study finds biodiversity loss carries a steep price tag that financial markets haven’t priced in, with $83 trillion in assets potentially mis-priced and some countries facing GDP losses over 15% by 2030.
🌡️ What you can do: Reuters just launched an interactive tool showing how much hotter today is than normal wherever you live. Look up your city and use what you find to start a conversation today!
Thank you to Anne Cloud with Voice Over for the Planet (https://voiceoverfortheplanet.com/) for narrating this edition of Talking Climate.
Music by Bradley Myer.
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