The population of one species of coral in the main island of the Alcatrazes Archipelago Wildlife Refuge (REVIS), located off the southern coast of the state of São Paulo, Brazil, retains about 20 tons of carbon per year. This amount is equivalent to the carbon emissions from burning 324,000 liters of gasoline. These results come from a study published in the journal Marine Environmental Research.
Corals in Brazilian archipelago capture carbon equivalent to the burning of 324,000 liters of gasoline per year
