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 …

[PDF][PDF] A review of tropical blue carbon ecosystems for climate change mitigation

A Raihan - Journal of Environmental Science and Economics, 2023 - researchgate.net
Tropical blue carbon ecosystems encompass several components such as mangroves,
seaweed, and seagrass, which play a crucial role in delivering a diverse array of services …

Four decades of data indicate that planted mangroves stored up to 75% of the carbon stocks found in intact mature stands

CF Bourgeois, RA MacKenzie, S Sharma… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Mangroves' ability to store carbon (C) has long been recognized, but little is known about
whether planted mangroves can store C as efficiently as naturally established (ie, intact) …

Carbon sequestration potential of transplanted mangroves and exotic saltmarsh plants in the sediments of subtropical wetlands

R Huang, J He, N Wang, G Christakos, J Gu… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Coastal blue carbon ecosystems offer promising benefits for both climate change mitigation
and adaptation. While there have been widespread efforts to transplant mangroves from the …

Lateral export and sources of subsurface dissolved carbon and alkalinity in mangroves: revising the blue carbon budget

DM Alongi - Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2022 - mdpi.com
Mangroves are carbon-rich ecosystems that store large quantities of carbon, mostly in soils.
Early carbon (C) budgets indicated that> 50% of mangrove C fixation was unaccounted for …

Soil organic carbon stocks increased across the tide-induced salinity transect in restored mangrove region

H Zou, X Li, S Li, Z Xu, Z Yu, H Cai, W Chen, X Ni… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Blue carbon in mangrove ecosystems contributes significantly to the global carbon cycle.
However, large uncertainties maintain in the soil organic carbon (SOC) storage throughout …

[HTML][HTML] Restoring estuarine ecosystems using nature-based solutions: Towards an integrated eco-engineering design guideline

T Dunlop, W Glamore, S Felder - Science of The Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Traditional solutions to estuarine flood risk management have typically involved the
implementation of static 'hard'shoreline protection structures, often at the expense of the …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of sampling depths on quantification of soil organic carbon stock in mangrove environments

IG Cooray, G Chalmers, D Chittleborough - Catena, 2024 - Elsevier
Mangroves are among the most productive blue carbon ecosystems, storing large quantities
of organic carbon particularly in soils for millennia amidst of the global sea-level change …

Fate of soil organic carbon in estuarine mangroves: Evidences from stable isotopes and lignin biomarkers

G Qin, Z Lu, S Gan, L Zhang, J Zhang, J Zhou, R Ding… - Catena, 2024 - Elsevier
Coastal wetlands are increasingly recognized for their role in climate change mitigation,
particularly through the sequestration of soil organic carbon (SOC). Despite widespread …

Anthropogenic impacts on mud and organic carbon cycling

TS Bianchi, LM Mayer, JHF Amaral, S Arndt, V Galy… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Fine-grained muds produced largely from rock weathering at the Earth's surface have great
influence on global carbon cycling. Mud binds and protects organic carbon (OC) from …