Recovering wetland biogeomorphic feedbacks to restore the world's biotic carbon hotspots

RJM Temmink, LPM Lamers, C Angelini, TJ Bouma… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Biogeomorphic wetlands cover 1% of Earth's surface but store 20% of ecosystem organic
carbon. This disproportional share is fueled by high carbon sequestration rates and effective …

Seaweed: a potential climate change solution

WTL Yong, VY Thien, R Rupert… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Climate change and environmental deterioration have spurred a blue carbon economic
model in which fuel and food may be produced from marine ecosystems through the …

Global estimates of the extent and production of macroalgal forests

CM Duarte, JP Gattuso, K Hancke… - Global Ecology and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Macroalgal habitats are believed to be the most extensive and productive of all coastal
vegetated ecosystems. In stark contrast to the growing attention on their contribution to …

Coral reefs benefit from reduced land–sea impacts under ocean warming

JM Gove, GJ Williams, J Lecky, E Brown, E Conklin… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Coral reef ecosystems are being fundamentally restructured by local human impacts and
climate-driven marine heatwaves that trigger mass coral bleaching and mortality. Reducing …

Dimensions of blue carbon and emerging perspectives

CE Lovelock, CM Duarte - Biology letters, 2019 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Blue Carbon is a term coined in 2009 to draw attention to the degradation of marine and
coastal ecosystems and the need to conserve and restore them to mitigate climate change …

Substantial role of macroalgae in marine carbon sequestration

D Krause-Jensen, CM Duarte - Nature Geoscience, 2016 - nature.com
Vegetated coastal habitats have been identified as important carbon sinks. In contrast to
angiosperm-based habitats such as seagrass meadows, salt marshes and mangroves …

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 …

Can seaweed farming play a role in climate change mitigation and adaptation?

CM Duarte, J Wu, X **ao, A Bruhn… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Seaweed aquaculture, the fastest-growing component of global food production, offers a
slate of opportunities to mitigate, and adapt to climate change. Seaweed farms release …

Seagrass meadows support global fisheries production

RKF Unsworth, LM Nordlund… - Conservation …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The significant role seagrass meadows play in supporting fisheries productivity and food
security across the globe is not adequately reflected in the decisions made by authorities …

Sequestration of macroalgal carbon: the elephant in the Blue Carbon room

D Krause-Jensen, P Lavery, O Serrano… - Biology …, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Macroalgae form the most extensive and productive benthic marine vegetated habitats
globally but their inclusion in Blue Carbon (BC) strategies remains controversial. We review …