Stuck in the muck: Scientists study carbon trapped by Elkhorn Slough
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"Salt marshes, which have historically been drained and turned into farms or land ripe for real estate development, are emerging as a powerful tool in the fight against global warming."
"The vegetation that falls into standing water that has no oxygen never decomposes, Khan says. So that CO2 never goes back to the atmosphere."
"Wetlands are one of the best natural systems to sequester CO2, says Adina Paytan, a principal investigator at the UCSC Center for Coastal Climate Resilience."
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