A review of seagrass ecosystem services: providing nature-based solutions for a changing world

M do Amaral Camara Lima, TF Bergamo, RD Ward… - Hydrobiologia, 2023 - Springer
Seagrasses are marine flowering plants, which form extensive meadows in intertidal and
shallow water marine environments. They provide a wide range of ecosystem services …

It's time to broaden what we consider a 'blue carbon ecosystem'

K James, PI Macreadie, HL Burdett… - Global Change …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Photoautotrophic marine ecosystems can lock up organic carbon in their biomass and the
associated organic sediments they trap over millennia and are thus regarded as blue carbon …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment and prediction of carbon storage based on land use/land cover dynamics in the coastal area of Shandong Province

H Zheng, H Zheng - Ecological Indicators, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Changes in land use and land cover (LULC) promote regional carbon storage
capacity or trigger carbon depletion, which in turn exhibited significant impact on global …

Blue carbon assessments of seagrass and mangrove ecosystems in South and Southeast Asia: Current progress and knowledge gaps

M Stankovic, AK Mishra, YP Rahayu, J Lefcheck… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Coastal blue carbon ecosystems can be an important nature-based solution for mitigating
climate change, when emphasis is given to their protection, management, and restoration …

Assessment and prediction of carbon storage based on land use/land cover dynamics in the tropics: a case study of hainan island, China

Q Liu, D Yang, L Cao, B Anderson - Land, 2022 - mdpi.com
Land use and land cover (LULC) change in tropical regions can cause huge amounts of
carbon loss and storage, thus significantly affecting the global climate. Due to the differences …

[HTML][HTML] Ambitious global targets for mangrove and seagrass recovery

CA Buelow, RM Connolly, MP Turschwell, MF Adame… - Current Biology, 2022 - cell.com
There is an urgent need to halt and reverse loss of mangroves and seagrass to protect and
increase the ecosystem services they provide to coastal communities, such as enhancing …

[HTML][HTML] Map** the seagrass conservation and restoration priorities: Coupling habitat suitability and anthropogenic pressures

W Hu, D Zhang, B Chen, X Liu, X Ye, Q Jiang… - Ecological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Seagrass meadows provide important ecosystem services, but are among the least
conserved marine ecosystems. The Southern bioregion of China has the nation's largest …

[HTML][HTML] A Digital Twin modelling framework for the assessment of seagrass Nature Based Solutions against storm surges

UPA Pillai, N Pinardi, J Alessandri, I Federico… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this paper we demonstrate a novel framework for assessing nature-based solutions
(NBSs) in coastal zones using a new suite of numerical models that provide a virtual …

Potential of seagrass habitat restorations as nature-based solutions: Practical and scientific implications in Indonesia

H Rifai, JMD Quevedo, KM Lukman, CFA Sondak… - Ambio, 2023 - Springer
Seagrasses offer diverse ecosystem services, yet, they are among the most threatened
ecosystems. When degraded or destroyed, their services are lost or reduced in the process …

Deep sea nature-based solutions to climate change

N Hilmi, M Sutherland, S Farahmand… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The deep sea (below 200 m depth) is the largest carbon sink on Earth. It hosts abundant
biodiversity that underpins the carbon cycle and provides provisioning, supporting …