Study: Tropical wetlands hold more carbon than temperate marshes

Wednesday, October 8, 2008 - 09:14 in Earth & Climate

In one of the first comparisons of its kind, researchers have demonstrated that wetlands in tropical areas are able to absorb and hold onto about 80 percent more carbon than can wetlands in temperate zones.

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