Abstract
Climate change is making tropical cyclones stronger. It is also making them more common. We know tropical cyclones can cause a lot of damage to houses and buildings. But what about coastal ecosystems? We depend on coastal ecosystems for protection and food. It’s important to understand how increasing storms could impact them.
We collected data from the literature on 97 storm landfalls. We looked at things like death and diversity. Then we calculated the impact on five different coastal ecosystems. We also looked at what caused the impact; for example, wind or waves. We found that tropical cyclones harmed all five ecosystems. But they harmed mangrove forests the most. Mangrove forests were most often harmed by wind. We need to know more about what storm traits can cause impacts. Only then can we manage and preserve these ecosystems better.
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