The role of coastal plant communities for climate change mitigation and adaptation

CM Duarte, IJ Losada, IE Hendriks, I Mazarrasa… - Nature climate …, 2013 - nature.com
Marine vegetated habitats (seagrasses, salt-marshes, macroalgae and mangroves) occupy
0.2% of the ocean surface, but contribute 50% of carbon burial in marine sediments. Their …

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] Carbon storage in US wetlands

AM Nahlik, MS Fennessy - Nature Communications, 2016 - nature.com
Wetland soils contain some of the highest stores of soil carbon in the biosphere. However,
there is little understanding of the quantity and distribution of carbon stored in our remaining …

A blueprint for blue carbon: toward an improved understanding of the role of vegetated coastal habitats in sequestering CO2

E Mcleod, GL Chmura, S Bouillon… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Recent research has highlighted the valuable role that coastal and marine ecosystems play
in sequestering carbon dioxide (CO2). The carbon (C) sequestered in vegetated coastal …

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 …

Dynamic interactions between coastal storms and salt marshes: A review

N Leonardi, I Carnacina, C Donatelli, NK Ganju… - Geomorphology, 2018 - Elsevier
This manuscript reviews the progresses made in the understanding of the dynamic
interactions between coastal storms and salt marshes, including the dissipation of extreme …

Limits on the adaptability of coastal marshes to rising sea level

ML Kirwan, GR Guntenspergen… - Geophysical …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Assumptions of a static landscape inspire predictions that about half of the world's coastal
wetlands will submerge during this century in response to sea‐level acceleration. In …

Numerical models of salt marsh evolution: Ecological, geomorphic, and climatic factors

S Fagherazzi, ML Kirwan, SM Mudd… - Reviews of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Salt marshes are delicate landforms at the boundary between the sea and land. These
ecosystems support a diverse biota that modifies the erosive characteristics of the substrate …

Response of salt-marsh carbon accumulation to climate change

ML Kirwan, SM Mudd - Nature, 2012 - nature.com
About half of annual marine carbon burial takes place in shallow water ecosystems where
geomorphic and ecological stability is driven by interactions between the flow of water …

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 …