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Farther inland, large patches of tan, cleared farmland contrast with the green vegetation.\" style=\"transform: scale(1);transform-origin: 50% 50%;object-position: 50% 50%;object-fit: cover\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA Earth Observatory\/Michala Garrison<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- if image_2 is active the show image_2 --><\/p>\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover toggle-view-image toggle-view-after-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"722\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/content\/dam\/science\/esd\/eo\/images\/iotd\/2026\/a-global-rebound-for-mangroves\/burmamangroves_oli2_20260202.jpg\/jcr:content\/renditions\/cq5dam.web.1280.1280.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"In 2026, the same area shows mangrove forests have expanded in several places along the coast, while the adjacent tan farmland has shrunk.\" style=\"transform: scale(1);transform-origin: 50% 50%;object-position: 50% 50%;object-fit: cover\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA Earth Observatory\/Michala Garrison<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"toggle-button-container padding-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"toggle-view-before-button toggle-comparison-view-active margin-right-1px\"><span class=\"toggle-view-before-label\">2010<\/span><\/button><button class=\"toggle-view-after-button margin-left-1px\"><span class=\"toggle-view-after-label\">2026<\/span><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<!-- 2-up view --><\/p>\n<div class=\"two-up-view position-relative bg-carbon-10\">\n<div class=\"grid-row\">\n<div class=\"grid-col flex-3 padding-top-4 padding-bottom-4\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"722\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/content\/dam\/science\/esd\/eo\/images\/iotd\/2026\/a-global-rebound-for-mangroves\/burmamangroves_tm5_20100214.jpg\/jcr:content\/renditions\/cq5dam.web.1280.1280.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"In 2010, sediment-filled rivers wind through dark green mangrove forests toward turquoise waters along Burma\u2019s coast. Farther inland, large patches of tan, cleared farmland contrast with the green vegetation.\" style=\"transform: scale(1);transform-origin: 50% 50%;object-position: 50% 50%;object-fit: cover\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA Earth Observatory\/Michala Garrison<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bg-spacesuit-white width-2px\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-col flex-3 padding-top-4 padding-bottom-4\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"722\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/content\/dam\/science\/esd\/eo\/images\/iotd\/2026\/a-global-rebound-for-mangroves\/burmamangroves_oli2_20260202.jpg\/jcr:content\/renditions\/cq5dam.web.1280.1280.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"In 2026, the same area shows mangrove forests have expanded in several places along the coast, while the adjacent tan farmland has shrunk.\" style=\"transform: scale(1);transform-origin: 50% 50%;object-position: 50% 50%;object-fit: cover\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA Earth Observatory\/Michala Garrison<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"curtain-view-label-wrapper curtain-view-before\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"curtain-view-label\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2010\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"curtain-view-label-wrapper curtain-view-after\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"curtain-view-label\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2026\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<!-- Under image content --><\/p>\n<div class=\"grid-row flex-row title-row padding-x-2 desktop:padding-x-0 padding-top-2\">\n<div class=\"grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-6\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-6 button-row margin-bottom-3 tablet:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Update onClick handlers --><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<button aria-label=\"Curtain view\" class=\"comparison-view curtain-view-button comparison-view-active padding-bottom-1 margin-left-1\">Curtain<\/button><button aria-label=\"Toggle view\" class=\"comparison-view toggle-view-button padding-bottom-1 margin-left-1\">Toggle<\/button><button aria-label=\"Two-Up view\" class=\"comparison-view two-up-view-button padding-bottom-1 margin-left-1\">2-Up<\/button>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t<!-- Image detail area --><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-details-panel padding-x-0\">\n<div class=\"before-after-details-divider padding-y-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- OnClick handleImageDetailsClick --><button class=\"image-details-toggle-button\"><span>Image Details<\/span><!-- style - if showImageDetails, then transform rotate(180deg), else none --><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- if showImageDetails, then display --><\/p>\n<div id=\"image-details\" class=\" padding-x-0\">\n<div class=\"grid-row\">\n<div class=\"grid-col flex-2\">\n<div class=\"image-details-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMangroves have replaced rice fields in parts of Burma\u2019s Myeik District. The <a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/mission\/landsat\/tm\/\" rel=\"noopener\">TM<\/a> (Thematic Mapper) on <a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/mission\/landsat-5\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Landsat 5<\/a> captured the image on the left on February 14, 2010, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/mission\/landsat\/oli\/\" rel=\"noopener\">OLI<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/mission\/landsat-9\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Landsat 9<\/a> captured the image on the right on February 2, 2026.<br \/>NASA Earth Observatory images by Michala Garrison.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- File List --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Scientists began using satellites to map mangrove forests in the 1970s after the launch of the first <a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/mission\/landsat-1\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Landsat<\/a> satellite. For decades, the story they told about mangroves was dominated by loss and decline. Research published in <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1126\/science.aec9773\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Science<\/em><\/a> suggests that the tide has turned.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A global rebound began around 2010, the scientists found, led by the expansion of mangrove forests in Asia, Australia, and South America. The researchers analyzed Landsat imagery collected between 1984 and 2023, looking for signs of changes in the extent and density of mangrove canopy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They tallied losses of nearly 3,000 square kilometers (1,200 square miles) between 1984 and 2010, followed by an unexpected increase of nearly 2,000 square kilometers (770 square miles) of mangroves after 2010. They also found that many of today\u2019s mangrove forests have denser, more closed canopies than they did in 2010, a sign of healthier, less degraded forests, particularly in South America.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOther research groups have mapped and analyzed long-term changes in select regions, but these are the first global mangrove maps that cover such a long period,\u201d said Zhen Zhang, an environmental scientist at Tulane University. \u201cAbout two-thirds of the expansion was due to mangroves colonizing new areas and the other third due to restoration and regrowth in degraded areas,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the most notable reversals occurred in Southeast Asia\u2014especially Burma (Myanmar). The country lost mangroves rapidly in the 1980s and 1990s due to the expansion of agriculture, aquaculture, and firewood harvesting in coastal areas, but the trend reversed around 2010, when mangrove area began expanding in many places. The authors attribute the turnaround to increased awareness and restoration efforts after the devastating Indian Ocean <a href=\"https:\/\/www.noaa.gov\/jetstream\/2004tsu_max\" rel=\"noopener\">tsunami in 2004<\/a>, strengthened legal protections for forests, and high rates of sedimentation that opened up new mudflats for colonization.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The pair of Landsat images above shows expansion of mangrove forests in Palaw Township in Burma\u2019s Myeik District\u2014an area that has seen both significant regeneration of degraded mangrove forests and the spread of trees into new areas since 2010. In this region, much of the regeneration appears to be occurring in abandoned rice fields (brown) south of the village of Kyauktaung. People on nearby Pyin Bukyi Island, meanwhile, <a href=\"https:\/\/iucn.org\/news\/asia\/201811\/sometimes-you-just-need-let-nature-take-its-course\" rel=\"noopener\">have experimented<\/a> with conservation projects and tree planting efforts to support mangroves. Despite the gains, deforestation remains a common challenge in Burma, which lost 28.6 percent of its mangrove area between the 1980s and 2010. Since then, the country\u2019s mangrove area has grown about 10 percent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mangrove trees are relatively small\u2014averaging about <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.scitotenv.2024.173487\" rel=\"noopener\">13 meters<\/a> (43 feet)\u2014but mighty from an ecological perspective, with mangrove ecosystems storing up to four times as much carbon as taller inland tropical forests. The trees play an important role in protecting coastal communities from erosion and storm surges, and their distinctive stilt-like roots provide habitat and vital nursery grounds for fish, shrimp, crabs, and other marine life.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In several areas, such as around the mouth of the Amazon River and in northern Australia, extensive deposition of sediment has created new mudflats that mangroves have successfully colonized, contributing to steady increases in each of these regions since the 1990s. At the northern and southern edges of their range, including the southeastern U.S., warming temperatures and fewer freezes have also allowed mangroves to push into areas that were previously too cold, Zhang explained.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are some areas, however, where losses have outweighed gains. Substantial mangrove losses in the Niger Delta, for instance, have reduced the total mangrove area in West and Central Africa since 2010. North America and southern Africa, meanwhile, have seen widespread degradation after tropical cyclones devastated broad swaths of mangroves. \u201cThe global successes we\u2019ve seen with mangroves during the past decade should not be seen as grounds for complacency,\u201d cautioned Zhang. \u201cThis underscores that conservation and slowing deforestation can lead to huge positive impacts when coupled with natural expansion and regeneration.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<div style=\"height:33px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>NASA Earth Observatory images by Michala Garrison, using Landsat data from the\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/earthexplorer.usgs.gov\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>U.S. Geological Survey<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em> <em>Story by Adam Voiland.<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-featured-file-list bg-spacesuit-white padding-x-2 tablet:padding-x-3 desktop:padding-x-4 padding-y-5 desktop:padding-y-6 hds-module align wp-block-nasa-blocks-file-list\">\n<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block padding-0\">\n<div class=\"grid-row width-full margin-bottom-4\">\n<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 margin-bottom-2 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n<h2 class=\"heading-22\">\n\t\t\t\t\tDownloads\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6\">\n<div class=\"desktop:grid-col display-flex flex-align-center desktop:flex-justify-end\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-list-row hds-file-list-row\">\n<div class=\"hds-list-thumbnail hds-file-list-thumbnail\">\n<div class=\"hds-list-thumbnail-inner hds-file-list-thumbnail-inner hds-cover-wrapper\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"319\" height=\"287\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/content\/dam\/science\/esd\/eo\/images\/iotd\/2026\/a-global-rebound-for-mangroves\/burmamangroves_tm5_20100214_lrg.jpg\/jcr:content\/renditions\/cq5dam.thumbnail.319.319.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"In 2010, sediment-filled rivers wind through dark green mangrove forests toward turquoise waters along Burma\u2019s coast. 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