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Floating wetlands help combat nutrient pollution in Baltic lagoons

Video. Floating wetlands combat nutrient pollution

Updated: 03/01/2022 - 15:30 GMT+1

In partnership with the European Commission

Like many other places in the southern Baltic, the Curonian Lagoon in Lithuania suffers from an excess of nutrients. But artificial floating wetlands are helping.

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