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Mangroves on a Mission – Joe Lee discovers the amazing carbon-storing power of mangroves

News, Climate Change, Research | 19 June 2020

// Mangroves occupy only around 130,000 square kilometres globally, but are three to five times more impactful in terms of storing carbon than a typical terrestrial forest.  Professor Joe Lee's most recent work demonstrates that the carbon-storage capacity of mangroves has been drastically underestimated, with mangroves storing 23% more carbon than previously calculated.  The research was published in the journal 'Nature Communications', in the fight against a warming planet. //

Learn more: https://bit.ly/3dosHjZ

Mangroves on a Mission – Joe Lee discovers the amazing carbon-storing power of mangroves

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19 June 2020

// Mangroves occupy only around 130,000 square kilometres globally, but are three to five times more impactful in terms of storing carbon than a typical terrestrial forest.  Professor Joe Lee's most recent work demonstrates that the carbon-storage capacity of mangroves has been drastically underestimated, with mangroves storing 23% more carbon than previously calculated.  The research was published in the journal 'Nature Communications', in the fight against a warming planet. //

Learn more: https://bit.ly/3dosHjZ

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