Gabon unlocks the mystery of its carbon-gobbling mangroves

The trees are astonishingly effective carbon absorbers, and new tech is helping make sure they are protected

27 October 2021 - 19:54 By Alessandra Prentice

The towering trees in Gabon’s impenetrable mangrove swamps have helped to make the central African country one of the world’s few net absorbers of carbon as the plants sequester the greenhouse gas four times faster than forests on land...

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