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Mapping the world's 'blue carbon' hot spots in coastal mangrove forests

  • Written by Robert Twilley, Professor of Oceanography and Coastal Science and Executive Director, Louisiana Sea Grant, Louisiana State University
Mangrove forest in Pichavaram, Tamil Nadu, India.VasuVR/Wikimedia, CC BY-SA

Human actions have boosted carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere to levels higher than any measured over the last 160,000 years. Rising concern over the risk of severe impacts from climate change is spurring research into ways in which ecosystems may mitigate...

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