Coastal habitats may sequester 50 times more carbon than tropical forests by area
Coastal habitats may sequester 50 times more carbon than tropical forests by area
By Jeremy Hance
mongabay.com
November 16, 2009
Highly endangered coastal habitats are incredibly effective in sequestering carbon and locking it away in soil, according to a new paper in a report by the IUCN. The paper attests that coastal habitats—such as mangroves, sea grasses, and salt marshes—sequester as much as 50 times the amount of carbon in their soil per hectare as tropical forest.
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