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Coastal protection via sediment accretion in mangrove ecosystems

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Nature Reviews Earth & Environment interviewed Alice Twomey about their project investigating how mangroves recover after tropical storms.

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  1. School of the Environment, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

    Alice J. Twomey

  2. Division of Hydromechanics, Coastal and Ocean Engineering, Leichtweiß-Institute for Hydraulic Engineering and Water Resources, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, Germany

    Alice J. Twomey

  3. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment https://www.nature.com/natrevearthenviron

    Hannah Hatcher

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Twomey, A.J., Hatcher, H. Coastal protection via sediment accretion in mangrove ecosystems. Nat Rev Earth Environ (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43017-026-00758-2

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