Salt Marsh (IMAGE)

University of Maryland

Salt Marsh

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Salt marshes, such as this one in the Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in East Falmouth, Massachusetts, capture and store large amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere every year.

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Ariana Sutton-Grier

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