Corals in Brazilian archipelago capture carbon equivalent to the burning of 324,000 liters of gasoline per year (IMAGE)

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Corals in Brazilian archipelago capture carbon equivalent to the burning of 324,000 liters of gasoline per year

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Brain coral (Mussismilia hispida), whose skeleton is composed of calcium carbonate, retains carbon in mineralized form, which helps to mitigate the greenhouse effect

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Guilherme Henrique Pereira Filho/LABECMar/UNIFESP Archive

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