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These tiny mangroves hold vast stores of carbon
2016-03-29 13:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: Squat mangrove forests that seem at first blush to simply eke by along the coasts of Baja California are sitting on a big secret one with sweeping implications in an era of accelerating climate change. Despite their diminutive appearance, scientists discovered that these mucky coastal ecosystems store huge amounts of carbon, helping to slow global warming. The peninsulas low-growing mangrove forests harbor at least as much carbon as towering mangrove forests found elsewhere, scientists led by...
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