Images & Animations Nature's green sea wall: Changes in mangrove canopy cover

An animation of DEA Mangrove Canopy Cover showing 30 years of mangrove expansion and dieback in the Northern Territory based on Landsat data. This derivative product reveals how these extraordinary trees may be responding to sea level rise, severe tropical cyclones, drought, climatic cycles, changing temperatures and large storm events.

Creative Commons - Attribution International 4.0, © Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia) 2023. Input data from Landsat 5, 7, and 8, courtesy of the US Geological Survey.

doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2021.112734