Environment: mangrove migration
A tale of mangrove migration This directly indicates changes in the micro-environment due to anthropogenic activities and climate change Green migrant: A mangrove plant at Millennium Park in the heart of Kolkata. Aswathi Pacha In 2008, Punarbasu Chaudhuri, mangrove ecologist from the University of Calcutta spotted an interesting mangrove plant at the bank of river Hooghly inside Kolkata city. It was quite unusual, as mangroves require a cyclic supply of saline water, and this growth at an upstream zone was remarkable. He then started an investigation on their distribution in the Hooghly estuary, and his recent paper suggests that the mangroves have started moving upstream, growing in less-saline regions. Redistributing plants After surveying the banks near Kolkata, he was able to spot a few mangroves belonging to Sonneratia. He says that over the years due to gradual environmental changes and anthropogenic activities, mangroves have started to redistribute. The paper, published i...