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Mangrove forests are healing after decades of human destruction

Mangrove forests are healing after decades of human destruction The world's coastal mangrove forests, which protect millions of people from storms - and soak up vast amounts of planet-warming gases - are staging an unexpected comeback, scientists find. For decades these swampy trees had been declining rapidly as they were cleared for fish farms and housing.

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