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Read the passage and select ALL statements it supports.

Mangrove forests grow where land meets sea, their tangled roots standing in salty, oxygen-poor mud that would kill most plants. To survive, mangroves filter salt at the root and breathe through specialised aerial roots that poke above the waterline. Beyond their own endurance, they offer striking benefits to coastlines: the dense root network slows incoming waves, reducing storm-surge damage to communities behind them. The same roots trap sediment and bury carbon at rates far higher than many forests on dry land. Yet mangroves are being cleared rapidly for shrimp farms and coastal building, a loss that removes natural flood protection precisely where rising seas make it most valuable.