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Mangroves Store More Carbon than Amazon Rainforest

"Scientists have determined for the first time that Amazon’s waterlogged coastal mangrove forests, which are being clear cut for cattle pastures and shrimp ponds, store significantly more carbon per acre than the region’s famous rainforest." - Excerpt from Oregon State University.

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