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"Salt marsh recovery isn’t enough to offset destroyed older wetlands, study finds"
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Salt marsh recovery isn’t enough to offset destroyed older wetlands, study finds
Along Earth’s coastlines, grassy wetlands flooded by seawater, called salt marshes, trap and store carbon at rates roughly 40 times higher than forests on land. As salt marshes have expanded in some regions, scientists were hopeful their carbon stores might have largely recovered as well, but a new study found that’s not the case. Researchers […]

"Grasslands and Wetlands Are Being Gobbled Up By Agriculture, Mostly Livestock"
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Grasslands and Wetlands Are Being Gobbled Up By Agriculture, Mostly Livestock - Inside Climate News
A new study takes a first-of-its kind look at how farming converts non-forested areas and major carbon sinks into cropland and pasture.