Taking #seagrass (Zostera noltii) and #SaltMarsh #flora samples for #microbial community #eDNA and ancient DNA analysis (prokaryotes, #fungi and plants) of #sediment, #rhizome and epibionts, Oka Estuary, Urdaibai Biosphere Reserve, Bizkaia, Basque Country
#BlueCarbon #metabarcoding #MicrobialEcology #rhizome #sediment #fungi #edna #microbial #flora #SaltMarsh #seagrass
Yet another reason for us to get the inorganic carbon accounting right in #bluecarbon ecosystems! Understanding both source and fate of CaCO3 is critical, and will make or break our ability to #mrv Blue carbon-based #mCDR
🔖: https://nature.com/articles/s41893-023-01128-2
🗞️: https://nature.com/articles/s41893-023
Our #seagrass meadows are a valuable resource, so what's the risk in #bluecarbon valuations (€)?
Socially, financially, and for the climate, quite a lot it seems. All the more reason to get the science right. I'm glad our work could help make the case
https://www.wired.com/story/seagrass-humble-ocean-plant-worth-trillions/
As I recently moved here (from norden.social), a quick introduction:
I'm a biogeochemist at the Helmholtz-zentrum Hereon, focusing on coastal carbon cycles. Particular focui are fluxes across sediment-water and air-water interfaces, but also sediment (bio)geochemistry, carbonate chemistry, and radioisotope tracing.
More recently, questions related to #bluecarbon and #mCDR are of interest.
More here: https://www.hereon.de/institutes/carbon_cycles/fluxes_across_interfaces/index.php.en
A #seagrass bed spanning 359 ha (887 ac) was found during a survey of #StAustellBay off the coast of #Cornwall, #England. It's one of the largest known seagrass beds in the #UK.
As the article notes, seagrass beds have #CarbonSequestration and #biodiversity benefits and were historically present off the UK's coasts before the #IndustrialRevolution.
#BlueCarbon #CornwallWildlifeTrust #CarbonMapping
More about the surveying project: https://www.cornwallwildlifetrust.org.uk/g7
#carbonmapping #cornwallwildlifetrust #BlueCarbon #industrialrevolution #biodiversity #carbonsequestration #uk #england #cornwall #staustellbay #seagrass
The East Coast wetlands, from the Humber to the Thames, have just made the UK’s Tentative List of World Heritage Sites. Here's why they're so important.
#Wetlands #UK #Environment #Wildlife #ClimateEmergency #BlueCarbon
#BlueCarbon #ClimateEmergency #WildLife #Environment #UK #wetlands
‼️ Job Alert:
Postdoc in macroalgal blue carbon research to The Greenland Climate Research Centre
#BlueCarbon #Greenland #Job #moa
https://naalakkersuisut.emply.net/recruitment/vacancyAd.aspx?publishingId=2ac4da25-e4b4-4498-9fd9-7bf75b9f3b15&languageKey=en-GB
#BlueCarbon #greenland #job #moa
Blue Carbon | European Marine Board
#BlueCarbon #EU
https://www.marineboard.eu/blue-carbon
https://twitter.com/EMarineBoard/status/1633395733205245953?s=20
🌊🌿 Happy #WorldSeagrassDay! Today, we recognize the important role #bluecarbon plays in mitigating #climatechange impacts.
🔎 We invite you to check out our #OceanCDR page on our CDR Law database, which i: https://cdrlaw.org/technical-pathway/coastal-blue-carbon/
#oceancdr #ClimateChange #BlueCarbon #worldseagrassday
In this Columbia Climate School article on #BlueCarbon, our Deputy Director Romany Webb discusses legal & social issues associated with ocean-based carbon removal techniques, as well as new carbon removal projects the Sabin Center is currently working on: https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2023/01/25/what-is-blue-carbon-and-how-can-it-help-fight-climate-change/
First study to estimate 'blue carbon' storage in South Africa is useful for climate strategy https://theconversation.com/first-study-to-estimate-blue-carbon-storage-in-south-africa-is-useful-for-climate-strategy-195458 #bluecarbon #mangroves #mangrove #seagrass #climatechange
#climatechange #seagrass #mangrove #mangroves #BlueCarbon
San Diego Bay's eelgrass stores CO2 equivalent of 370,000 vehicles, port study Finds https://www.kpbs.org/news/local/2023/01/09/san-diego-bays-eelgrass-stores-co2-equivalent-of-370-000-vehicles-port-study-finds #seagrass #eelgrass #sandiego #bluecarbon #climatechange
#climatechange #BlueCarbon #sandiego #eelgrass #seagrass
Challenges And Expectations For Conservation And Restoration Of Seagrass Beds As Blue Carbon Ecosystems: in Tokyo Bay 400 years ago (Edo-era), the bay’s waterfront was covered with tidal flats and eelgrass beds. A wide variety of fish and shellfish were harvested by towing nets with sailboats over the eelgrass beds.
#tokyo #japan #BlueCarbon #seagrass
@bach_lennart Yes. This issue, and several others, are considered here:
- Williamson P. & Gattuso J.-P., 2022. Carbon removal using coastal blue carbon ecosystems is uncertain and unreliable, with questionable climatic cost-effectiveness. Frontiers in Climate 4. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fclim.2022.853666
- Scientific paper: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fclim.2022.853666
- The Conversation (English): https://bit.ly/3PFeQto
- Short movie: https://youtu.be/kMNsKMgzFwE
#BlueCarbon #mCDR
Ever wonder how much #carbon is in #wetland #ecosystems (#permafrost #CoastalMarsh #bogs #Swamps)? "Lots!" is of course the answer but how much is lots? Temmink etal 2022 https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abn1479 Highlights the importance of belowground carbon storage for these ecosystems.
#ScientificLiterature #Biogeochemistry #BlueCarbon #CriticalZone
[Personal note - Uncertainties look low to me but ball park seems consistent and useful!]
#carbon #wetland #ecosystems #permafrost #CoastalMarsh #bogs #swamps #scientificLiterature #biogeochemistry #BlueCarbon #criticalzone
New study: Methane emissions offset carbon uptake in Baltic macroalgae habitats : Well-known blue carbon ecosystems include mangrove, sea grass meadows and salt marshes. However, more recently, it has been suggested that also macroalgae, such as the bladderwrack (Fucus vesiculosus) – common to the Baltic Sea – can take up large amounts of atmospheric carbon.
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/975612
#climatechange #BlueCarbon #macroaglae #seagrass
How Seychelles ocean plants could help tackle climate change. As a nation made up of 115 low-lying islands, Seychelles is extremely vulnerable to the effects of climate change but around those islands, there is enough seagrass to fill hundreds of thousands of football pitches. The government has committed to protect half of its seagrasses and mangroves by 2023, and 100% by 2030. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-63901644 #mangrove #seagrass #Seychelles #climatechange #bluecarbon
#BlueCarbon #climatechange #seychelles #seagrass #mangrove
Wakatobi plants mangrove trees, releases 100 green turtle babies - ANTARA News https://en.antaranews.com/news/265167/wakatobi-plants-mangrove-trees-releases-100-green-turtle-babies #mangrove #bluecarbon #wakatobi #greenturtle #climatechange #indonesia
#indonesia #climatechange #greenturtle #wakatobi #BlueCarbon #mangrove
UWI, IDB sign US$996,000 agreement on blue carbon. It will implement a Monitoring, Verification, and Reporting (MRV) system for mangrove ecosystems that will provide a science-based data platform on the sequestration and release of blue carbon in participant country sites of the United Kingdom Blue Carbon Fund. https://guardian.co.tt/news/uwi-idb-sign-us996000-agreement-on-blue-carbon-6.2.1594097.b461852602 #mangrove #bluecarbon #Trinidad #TrinidadTobago #climatechange
#climatechange #TrinidadTobago #trinidad #BlueCarbon #mangrove
Indonesia's mangroves and seagrass are one of the key to global climate mitigation efforts, as they store around 17% of the world's“blue carbon” . https://menafn.com/1105340541/Indonesias-Blue-Carbon-Credits-Are-Crucial-For-Global-Climate-Mitigation-Heres-How-To-Help-Them-Flourish #seagrass #mangrove #indonesia #bluecarbon #climatechange
#climatechange #BlueCarbon #indonesia #mangrove #seagrass