Factoid/2020/01/07
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Wetlands sequester carbon and can rise with sea levels, if we let them
- "Coastal wetlands provide stunning views and are hosts to a vast biodiversity. But they provide another service to the warming Earth: they capture carbon from the atmosphere and sequester it in their sediment at high rates. In the United States alone, coastal wetlands can offset the yearly carbon dioxide emissions from 800,000 cars. But as sea level rises with climate change, will coastal wetlands be overwhelmed, or will they retain their power as carbon sinks?" - Excerpt from The University of Chicago Marine Biological Laboratory
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