January 2025/Kiel. Mangrove forests along the Amazon coast release significant amounts of trace elements such as neodymium and hafnium. These elements and their isotopic compositions can serve to ...

This exchange of substances supports coastal food chains. Globally, mangrove systems contribute between six and nine percent of the total neodymium input to the ocean, according to the researchers.

"And when the mangrove leaves drop into the water, they produce tannins that help keep algae blooms under control, and also, as those leaves decompose, they are the basis of the food chain that ...