Coastal Management
Are seagrasses our climate change superheroes?
Researchers use satellite data to assess the carbon sequestration potential of seagrass beds in the Bahamas
Tag: blue carbon
Conservation Economy
Feeling the COVID-19 blues: The future of Grenada’s blue carbon ecosystems
This study highlights the projected environmental impacts of COVID-19 on Grenada's blue carbon ecosystems.
Climate Change
How can remote sensing help estimate blue carbon in intertidal ecosystems?
Maria Laura Zoffoli, Pierre Gernez, Philippe Rosa, Anthony Le Bris, Vittorio E. Brando, Anne-Laure Barillé, Nicolas Harin, Steef Peters, Kathrin…
Restoration
How tidal marsh restoration can help fight climate change
Restoring tidal marshes helps lock away carbon from the atmosphere
Biodiversity Climate Change Coastal Management Conservation Ecology Human impacts Restoration Seagrass
Missing the (Kelp) Forest for the Trees: An Overlooked Factor in Blue Carbon Storage
A recent study exposes an overlooked carbon sink in the form of kelp forests. According to scientists' estimates, a kelp…
Conservation
Green vs. Blue: How Green Turtles Might Limit Blue Carbon Storage
Green turtle populations are on the rise, which is a good thing, right? There has been recent concern that the…
Book Review Climate Change
Size Matters: Big Eelgrass Beds Hold More Carbon
Oreska MPJ, McGlathery KJ, Porter JH (2017) Seagrass blue carbon spatial patterns at the meadow-scale. PLoS ONE 12(4): e0176630. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0176630…
Conservation Ecology Seagrass
It’s a TRAP! Predators help trap carbon in coastal sediments
Vegetated coastal ecosystems, such as salt marshes, can trap and store carbon for millennia. This perspective investigates how the effects…
Climate Change Coastal Management Conservation Human impacts Seagrass
Seagrass, Disturbance, and the Blue Carbon Cycle
Seagrass beds bury carbon incredibly well! What happens to that carbon when you uproot, plow through, or otherwise disturb seagrasses?…