Climate change is turning coastal lagoons into ‘salty soup’

Low-Res_Birds flocking beneath the dunes of the Coorong, a coastal lagoon in South Australia. Darcy Whittaker CC-BY

Source: Darcy Whittaker, CC-BY

The impacts of human activity and climate change are coalescing to make coastal lagoons saltier, changing the microbial life they support and the function they play in their ecosystems, according to new research.

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