The Moon's gravitational pull on our planet's tides is just one of Earth's many steady thrums of life.
Now researchers have found that lunar cycles not only synchronize theGiven the growing interest in mangroves as, the study findings could improve our understanding of how much carbon mangrove ecosystems are likely to draw down and sequester in the coming decades.
Called the 'lunar wobble', this cycle swings around every 18.61 years, pulling low tides lower and pushing high tides higher in two distinct phases, around 9.3 years long. "When we plotted the trend in annual canopy cover over time, that's when we noticed a really interesting oscillation on an approximate 18-year cycle."
When the lunar wobble is in its minimum phase, the researchers figured that mangrove ecosystems would be sucked dry, experiencing fewer days where their roots were saturated and greater water stress, leading to thinner canopy cover.The two phases of the lunar wobble, and how it affectsThe synchronicity between the lunar wobble and mangrove canopy cover stood out against a backdrop of steadylevels are associated with mangrove expansion and canopy thickening.
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