Climate change is turning coastal forests from carbon sinks into a source of greenhouse gases, according to a recent study. The dead trees or “snags” killed by saltwater from rising seas now populate so-called ghost forests. They do not release as much greenhouse gas as soil, but they do account for a 25 percent increase in carbon dioxide released in […]

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