Blue carbon as a natural climate solution

PI Macreadie, MDP Costa, TB Atwood… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2021 - nature.com
Blue carbon ecosystems (BCEs), including mangrove forests, seagrass meadows and tidal
marshes, store carbon and provide co-benefits such as coastal protection and fisheries …

Actions to halt biodiversity loss generally benefit the climate

YJ Shin, GF Midgley, ERM Archer, A Arneth… - Global change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The two most urgent and interlinked environmental challenges humanity faces are climate
change and biodiversity loss. We are entering a pivotal decade for both the international …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of scientific gaps related to the effective environmental management of deep-seabed mining

DJ Amon, S Gollner, T Morato, CR Smith, C Chen… - Marine Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
A comprehensive understanding of the deep-sea environment and mining's likely impacts is
necessary to assess whether and under what conditions deep-seabed mining operations …

Protecting the global ocean for biodiversity, food and climate

E Sala, J Mayorga, D Bradley, RB Cabral, TB Atwood… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
The ocean contains unique biodiversity, provides valuable food resources and is a major
sink for anthropogenic carbon. Marine protected areas (MPAs) are an effective tool for …

[HTML][HTML] Ocean conservation boosts climate change mitigation and adaptation

J Jacquemont, R Blasiak, C Le Cam, M Le Gouellec… - One Earth, 2022 - cell.com
Marine protected areas (MPAs) are increasingly being promoted as an ocean-based climate
solution. However, such claims remain controversial because of the diffuse and poorly …

Rock organic carbon oxidation CO2 release offsets silicate weathering sink

JR Zondervan, RG Hilton, M Dellinger, FJ Clubb… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Mountain uplift and erosion have regulated the balance of carbon between Earth's interior
and atmosphere, where prior focus has been placed on the role of silicate mineral …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

[HTML][HTML] The role of large wild animals in climate change mitigation and adaptation

Y Malhi, T Lander, E le Roux, N Stevens… - Current Biology, 2022 - cell.com
Two major environmental challenges of our time are responding to climate change and
reversing biodiversity decline. Interventions that simultaneously tackle both challenges are …

The global turbidity current pump and its implications for organic carbon cycling

PJ Talling, S Hage, ML Baker, TS Bianchi… - Annual Review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Submarine turbidity currents form the largest sediment accumulations on Earth, raising the
question of their role in global carbon cycles. It was previously inferred that terrestrial …

[HTML][HTML] Blue carbon pathways for climate mitigation: Known, emerging and unlikely

J Howard, AE Sutton-Grier, LS Smart, CC Lopes… - Marine Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
As interest in natural climate mitigation solutions continues to grow, there is an essential role
for coastal and ocean ecosystems (“blue carbon”) to play. To meet mitigation targets …