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 …

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 …

Oceans and coastal ecosystems and their services

S Cooley, D Schoeman, L Bopp, P Boyd, S Donner… - 2023 - digital.csic.es
Ocean and coastal ecosystems support life on Earth and many aspects of human well-being.
Covering two-thirds of the planet, the ocean hosts vast biodiversity and modulates the global …

The renaissance of Odum's outwelling hypothesis in'Blue Carbon'science

IR Santos, DJ Burdige, TC Jennerjahn… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The term 'Blue Carbon'was coined about a decade ago to highlight the important
carbon sequestration capacity of coastal vegetated ecosystems. The term has paved the …

Operationalizing marketable blue carbon

PI Macreadie, AI Robertson, B Spinks, MP Adams… - One Earth, 2022 - cell.com
The global carbon sequestration and avoided emissions potentially achieved via blue
carbon is high (∼ 3% of annual global greenhouse gas emissions); however, it is limited by …

Sustainably developing global blue carbon for climate change mitigation and economic benefits through international cooperation

C Feng, G Ye, J Zeng, J Zeng, Q Jiang, L He… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Blue carbon is the carbon storage in vegetated coastal ecosystems such as mangroves, salt
marshes, and seagrass. It is gaining global attention as its role in climate change mitigation …

Direct ocean capture: the emergence of electrochemical processes for oceanic carbon removal

P Aleta, A Refaie, M Afshari, A Hassan… - Energy & Environmental …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The urgent need for effective climate change mitigation has spurred the exploration of
various negative emission technologies (NETs). Here, we investigate recent advancements …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Implementation of blue carbon offset crediting for seagrass meadows, macroalgal beds, and macroalgae farming in Japan

T Kuwae, A Watanabe, S Yoshihara, F Suehiro… - Marine Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
The “blue carbon” concept and the role of blue carbon stored in shallow coastal ecosystems
in mitigating climate change have attracted attention worldwide. In addition to typical blue …

Deriving emission factors for mangrove blue carbon ecosystem in Indonesia

D Murdiyarso, H Krisnawati, WC Adinugroho… - Carbon Balance and …, 2023 - Springer
Background Using 'higher-tier'emission factors in National Greenhouse Gas Inventories is
essential to improve quality and accuracy when reporting carbon emissions and removals …