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Climate change is turning coastal lagoons into ‘salty soup’

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

Posted on May 14 2025 by Johnny von Einem

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 University of Adelaide research.

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