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Healthy Planet Marine Studies Initiative

Supersinks for Carbon

Keeping greenhouse gases sequestered in the tangled roots and soggy detritus of mangrove forests could be vital to keeping the planet cool enough for habitation, scientists say.

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Healthy Planet Marine Studies Initiative

Blue Carbon

The reason for mangroves’ massive capacity for carbon can be summed up in two words: perpetual wetness.

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Healthy Planet

The Most Dangerous Thing — “It’s not the large carnivores”

Boone Kauffman and his research team share their field work with leeches, disease-carrying insects and other dangers.