The future of Blue Carbon science

The term Blue Carbon (BC) was first coined a decade ago to describe the disproportionately large contribution of coastal vegetated ecosystems to global carbon sequestration. The role of BC in climate change mitigation and adaptation has now reached international prominence. To help prioritise future research, we assembled leading experts in the field to agree upon the top-ten pending questions in BC science. Understanding how climate change affects carbon accumulation in mature BC ecosystems and during their restoration was a high priority. Controversial questions included the role of carbonate and macroalgae in BC cycling, and the degree to which greenhouse gases are released following disturbance of BC…

• NS
  National Science Foundation

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  Smithsonian Institution
• UO
  University of Dundee

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  Sight Research UK

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• GD
  Generalitat de Catalunya

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  King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
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  Ministerio de Asuntos Económicos y Transformación Digital, Gobierno de España

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  Natural Environment Research Council

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  Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

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  Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
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  Division of Environmental Biology

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