Scientists surprised to learn Mexico mangroves have trapped carbon for millennia

By Doug Cunningham | UPI |

UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL - According to new research, Mexican mangroves are playing a helpful role in fighting climate change because they have been trapping carbon for thousands of years.

Researchers from the University of California, Riverside and University of California, San Diego began the study because they wanted to understand how the mangroves absorb and release elements like nitrogen and carbon.

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