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Patrick Thornton

Mangroves excel at storing climate-warming carbon, IBN Live News - 0 views

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Mangroves CO2 climate change trees

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  • Patrick Thornton on 04 Apr 11
     
    "Mangroves are so efficient at keeping carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere that when they are destroyed, they release as much as 10 percent of all emissions worldwide attributable to deforestation -- even though mangroves account for just 0.7 percent of the tropical forest area, researchers said."
Lindsay Gordon

Threats to Mangrove Species Growing Rapidly Worldwide, Report Says (Yale Environment 360) - 0 views

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mangroves habitat loss coastal ecosystems extinction

shared by Lindsay Gordon on 19 Apr 10 - Cached
  • Lindsay Gordon on 19 Apr 10
     
    "One in six mangrove species faces extinction as coastal ecosystems are being destroyed or damaged by development, aquaculture, logging, and climate change, according to a new study. On the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of Central America, as many as 40 percent of mangrove species are threatened, the report said."
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