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📰 Mangroves clean up $8.7 billion of nitrogen pollution annually, per study.

Nitrogen pollution is a known problem in agriculture, other human activities, and wreaks havoc in aquatic ecosystems.

➕ Add this to mangroves being valuable carbon sinks, coastal defense against storm surges, a buffer against erosion, among other benefits.

https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/plants/mangroves-clean-up-usd8-7-billion-of-nitrogen-pollution-every-year-study-finds

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