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A 17-Year Study Reveals How Dead Leaves Are a Tropical Forest Lifeline

A 17-year experiment in Panama revealed that the process of leaves falling and decomposing on the ground provides nutrients to the soil that help promote tree growth in otherwise infertile tropical forests.

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A 22 Million-Year-Old Mangrove Forest Was Discovered on Panama’s Barro Colorado Island

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