Recovering wetland biogeomorphic feedbacks to restore the world's biotic carbon hotspots

RJM Temmink, LPM Lamers, C Angelini, TJ Bouma… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Biogeomorphic wetlands cover 1% of Earth's surface but store 20% of ecosystem organic
carbon. This disproportional share is fueled by high carbon sequestration rates and effective …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

[HTML][HTML] Methane emissions offset atmospheric carbon dioxide uptake in coastal macroalgae, mixed vegetation and sediment ecosystems

F Roth, E Broman, X Sun, S Bonaglia… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Coastal ecosystems can efficiently remove carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere and
are thus promoted for nature-based climate change mitigation. Natural methane (CH4) …

Wetland carbon storage controlled by millennial-scale variation in relative sea-level rise

K Rogers, JJ Kelleway, N Saintilan, JP Megonigal… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Coastal wetlands (mangrove, tidal marsh and seagrass) sustain the highest rates of carbon
sequestration per unit area of all natural systems,, primarily because of their comparatively …

Storage, patterns and influencing factors for soil organic carbon in coastal wetlands of China

S Xia, Z Song, L Van Zwieten, L Guo, C Yu… - Global Change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Soil organic carbon (SOC) in coastal wetlands, also known as “blue C,” is an essential
component of the global C cycles. To gain a detailed insight into blue C storage and …

Global controls on carbon storage in mangrove soils

AS Rovai, RR Twilley, E Castañeda-Moya… - Nature Climate …, 2018 - nature.com
Global-scale variation in mangrove ecosystem properties has been explained using a
conceptual framework linking geomorphological processes to distinct coastal environmental …

How mangrove forests adjust to rising sea level

KW Krauss, KL McKee, CE Lovelock… - New …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Mangroves are among the most well described and widely studied wetland communities in
the world. The greatest threats to mangrove persistence are deforestation and other …

Global coastal wetland change under sea-level rise and related stresses: The DIVA Wetland Change Model

T Spencer, M Schuerch, RJ Nicholls, J Hinkel… - Global and Planetary …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The Dynamic Interactive Vulnerability Assessment Wetland Change Model
(DIVA_WCM) comprises a dataset of contemporary global coastal wetland stocks (estimated …

Mangrove sedimentation and response to relative sea-level rise

CD Woodroffe, K Rogers, KL McKee… - Annual review of …, 2016 - annualreviews.org
Mangroves occur on upper intertidal shorelines in the tropics and subtropics. Complex
hydrodynamic and salinity conditions, related primarily to elevation and hydroperiod …

An Australian blue carbon method to estimate climate change mitigation benefits of coastal wetland restoration

CE Lovelock, MF Adame, J Bradley… - Restoration …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Restoration of coastal wetlands has the potential to deliver both climate change mitigation,
called blue carbon, and adaptation benefits to coastal communities, as well as supporting …