The role of blue carbon in climate change mitigation and carbon stock conservation

N Hilmi, R Chami, MD Sutherland… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The potential for Blue Carbon ecosystems to combat climate change and provide co-benefits
was discussed in the recent and influential Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change …

Surface water and groundwater interactions in salt marshes and their impact on plant ecology and coastal biogeochemistry

P Xin, A Wilson, C Shen, Z Ge, KB Moffett… - Reviews of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Salt marshes are highly productive intertidal wetlands providing important ecological
services for maintaining coastal biodiversity, buffering against oceanic storms, and acting as …

Forensic carbon accounting: Assessing the role of seaweeds for carbon sequestration

CL Hurd, CS Law, LT Bach, D Britton… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Carbon sequestration is defined as the secure storage of carbon‐containing molecules for>
100 years, and in the context of carbon dioxide removal for climate mitigation, the origin of …

Carbonate chemistry and carbon sequestration driven by inorganic carbon outwelling from mangroves and saltmarshes

GMS Reithmaier, A Cabral, A Akhand… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Mangroves and saltmarshes are biogeochemical hotspots storing carbon in sediments and
in the ocean following lateral carbon export (outwelling). Coastal seawater pH is modified by …

Carbon removal using coastal blue carbon ecosystems is uncertain and unreliable, with questionable climatic cost-effectiveness

P Williamson, JP Gattuso - Frontiers in climate, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Mangrove forests, seagrass meadows and tidal saltmarshes are vegetated coastal
ecosystems that accumulate and store large quantities of carbon in their sediments. Many …

Geomorphic and ecological constraints on the coastal carbon sink

ML Kirwan, JP Megonigal, GL Noyce… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2023 - nature.com
Climate change is driving a fundamental reorganization of the coastal zone, in which carbon-
rich ecosystems are simultaneously migrating, accreting and submerging. In this Review, we …

[HTML][HTML] Potential role of seaweeds in climate change mitigation

FWR Ross, PW Boyd, K Filbee-Dexter… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Seaweed (macroalgae) has attracted attention globally given its potential for climate change
mitigation. A topical and contentious question is: Can seaweeds' contribution to climate …

Seaweed ecosystems may not mitigate CO2 emissions

JB Gallagher, V Shelamoff… - ICES Journal of Marine …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Global seaweed carbon sequestration estimates are currently taken as the fraction of the net
primary production (NPP) exported to the deep ocean. However, this perspective does not …

Biotechnology for carbon capture and fixation: Critical review and future directions

MA Zahed, E Movahed, A Khodayari… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
To mitigate the growing threat of climate change and develop novel technologies that can
eliminate carbon dioxide, the most abundant greenhouse gas derived from the flue gas …

Examining the production, export, and immediate fate of kelp detritus on open‐coast subtidal reefs in the Northeast Atlantic

DA Smale, A Pessarrodona, N King… - Limnology and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Kelp forests are highly productive coastal habitats and are emerging as important sources of
organic matter for other ecosystems. Although their high rates of productivity and detritus …