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Tropical forests play a fundamental role in storing carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas responsible for global warming. And while the Amazon rainforest is often top of mind when it comes to stores of CO2, there’s another ecosystem in Brazil that stashes away a much larger amount of carbon per hectare: mangroves. Scientists have long known about the carbon-sequestration abilities of these coastal ecosystems. But few countries have an accurate idea of their potential or how they can be used in the carbon trading market. A new study of mangroves in Brazil aims to fill this gap. “For the first…