Kochi’s disappearing mangroves lock away significant carbon
2021-04-07 07:04
The highly fragmented 3.96 square km mangrove habitat of Kochi, an important port city flanked by the Arabian Sea on the country’s southwest tip, sequesters significant amounts of carbon, according to new research. Leaf-eating crabs, mangrove leaf litter and mangrove biomass are primary drivers of carbon storage and carbon burial rate in Kochi estuary’s mangrove-encrusted […]
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