Mangrove communities in the Gulf of Carpentaria are experiencing severe dieback- a condition where wildlife begins to die backwards from the tips of its leaves and roots.
The dieback is said to have resulted from a temporary drop in sea levels, climate change and a sharp increase in sea temperatures.
Traditional owner of the land, Patsy Evans, states that conditions had worsened for wildlife and the land near her home on the Limmen River in the Northern Territory- with the mangrove locations now mainly consisting of dead trees.
Charles Darwin University professor Lindsay Hutley claims that despite the mangroves adapting to climate change by moving inland, the gravity of the dieback is to the same degree as the Great Barrier Reef bleaching.