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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 Ï㽶ÊÓƵ 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.