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Mangroves clean up $8.7 billion of nitrogen pollution every year, study findsNew research suggests mangroves remove 960,000 tons per year of nitrogen from global water systems, a figure that could rise to more than 5.5 million tons annually if conditions were optimal for the plants.
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Some fungi can influence the weather — and now we know how they do itSome types of fungi borrowed a gene from ancient bacteria that gave the ability to make ice and trigger rain.
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Scientists are racing to save Australia's 'zombie tree' from a fast-spreading fungal diseaseA fast-spreading fungal disease has left the newly named Australian "zombie tree" unable to produce flowers, fruit or seeds, and scientists warn that 16 other species may be heading down the same path.
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How plants moved from sea to land and changed Earth foreverOpinion A geoscientist explains how the first plants came to exist on Earth, long before the dinosaurs, and how their growth shaped life on our planet as we know it.
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Canada could remove 5 times its annual carbon emissions by planting trees on edge of boreal forest, study findsPlanting trees on 6.4 million hectares of northern taiga forest could remove 3.9 gigatons of CO2 by 2100 — five times Canada's annual emissions.
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China has planted so many trees around the Taklamakan Desert that it's turned this 'biological void' into a carbon sinkHuge-scale ecological engineering around the edges of one of the world's largest and driest deserts has turned it into a carbon sink that absorbs more CO2 than it emits, research suggests.
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'Nitrogen fixing' trees could help tropical forests bounce back, research suggestsOn the narrow isthmus of Panama, scientists discovered adding nitrogen to the soil doubled tree growth, providing new insights into forest restoration.
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Scientists watch microscopic plant 'mouths' breathing in real time with palm-sized toolScientists say their Stomata In-Sight tool can observe plants "breathe," which could be used to bioengineer crops that require less water, making them potentially more resilient to climate change.
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Avenue of the Baobabs: Madagascar's natural monument with dozens of 'mother of the forest' treesThe Avenue of the Baobabs preserves the remnant trees of an ancient tropical forest on Madagascar.
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