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Study Shows Mangroves are a Major Player in Climate Change

May 03, 2011 Robert Hudson Westover, Public Affairs Specialist, USDA Forest Service

Mangroves have declined by nearly half in the last 50 years. This is disconcerting to scientists because the hardy brackish tidal tree in an important bulkhead against climate change, according to findings is a recent study published in the journal Nature Geoscience.

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