Dorothy Marie Peteet
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Science for the Planet: Why Marshes Must Be Preserved
While collecting sediment cores from a New York City coastal marsh, botanist and climatologist Dorothy Peteet explains how such ecosystems store massive amounts of carbon, but are under threat from sea-level rise.
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