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Discover Magazine - Sliced mangrove, the tree that captures carbon, filters saltwater and stops storms

Published: 16 June 2011

...Mangroves are expert carbon scrubbers. A global inventory by 69ÈÈÊÓƵ environmental scientist Gail Chmura found that mangroves pack away carbon faster than terrestrial forests. Every year they hoard some 42 million tons, roughly equivalent to the annual carbon emissions of 25 million cars.

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