Trophic rewilding can expand natural climate solutions

OJ Schmitz, M Sylvén, TB Atwood, ES Bakker… - Nature Climate …, 2023 - nature.com
Natural climate solutions are being advanced to arrest climate warming by protecting and
enhancing carbon capture and storage in plants, soils and sediments in ecosystems. These …

[HTML][HTML] Tackling the mangrove restoration challenge

CE Lovelock, E Barbier, CM Duarte - PLoS biology, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Mangroves have been converted and degraded for decades. Rates of loss have declined
over the past decades, but achieving resilient coastlines requires both conservation and …

[HTML][HTML] Sphagnum increases soil's sequestration capacity of mineral-associated organic carbon via activating metal oxides

Y Zhao, C Liu, X Li, L Ma, G Zhai, X Feng - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
Sphagnum wetlands are global hotspots for carbon storage, conventionally attributed to the
accumulation of decay-resistant litter. However, the buildup of mineral-associated organic …

Relative increases in CH4 and CO2 emissions from wetlands under global warming dependent on soil carbon substrates

H Hu, J Chen, F Zhou, M Nie, D Hou, H Liu… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Compelling evidence has shown that wetland methane emissions are more temperature
dependent than carbon dioxide emissions across diverse hydrologic conditions. However …

[HTML][HTML] Importance of blue carbon in mitigating climate change and plastic/microplastic pollution and promoting circular economy

SA Bandh, FA Malla, I Qayoom, H Mohi-Ud-Din… - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Blue carbon has made significant contributions to climate change adaptation and mitigation
while assisting in achieving co-benefits such as aquaculture development and coastal …

[HTML][HTML] Mapping and monitoring peatland conditions from global to field scale

B Minasny, DV Adetsu, M Aitkenhead, RRE Artz… - Biogeochemistry, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Peatlands cover only 3–4% of the Earth's surface, but they store nearly 30% of
global soil carbon stock. This significant carbon store is under threat as peatlands continue …

[HTML][HTML] Mangrove forests as a nature-based solution for coastal flood protection: Biophysical and ecological considerations

R Van Hespen, Z Hu, B Borsje, M De Dominicis… - Water Science and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Nature-based coastal protection is increasingly recognised as a potentially sustainable and
cost-effective solution to reduce coastal flood risk. It uses coastal ecosystems such as …

[HTML][HTML] Natural infrastructure in dryland streams (NIDS) can establish regenerative wetland sinks that reverse desertification and strengthen climate resilience

LM Norman, R Lal, E Wohl, E Fairfax, AC Gellis… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this article we describe the natural hydrogeomorphological and biogeochemical cycles of
dryland fluvial ecosystems that make them unique, yet vulnerable to land use activities and …

Refining the global estimate of mangrove carbon burial rates using sedimentary and geomorphic settings

JL Breithaupt, HE Steinmuller - Geophysical Research Letters, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This study provides updated analysis of multi‐decadal mangrove organic carbon (OC) burial
rates. The available data indicate mangroves bury 138.6 (120.3–158.8, 95% CI) g OC m− 2 …

Soil carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus stoichiometry and fractions in blue carbon ecosystems: implications for carbon accumulation in allochthonous-dominated …

Y Li, C Fu, J Hu, L Zeng, C Tu… - Environmental Science & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Blue carbon ecosystems (BCEs) including mangroves, saltmarshes, and seagrasses are
highly efficient for organic carbon (OC) accumulation due to their unique ability to trap high …