New England's salt marshes store 10 million cars' worth of carbon—and add another 15,000 cars' worth every year
In the race to combat global climate change, much attention has been given to natural carbon sinks: those primarily ...
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Purple crabs clobber blue carbon: Study shows how they disrupt carbon cycling in salt marshes along US East Coast
with an approximately 30% increase in their formation and movement since the early 1990s. The different recovery periods are thought to be caused by the elevation of the salt marsh and the amount ...
A complex task: Carbon sequestration in marshes depends on many variables
While a single plant is capable of fixing inorganic carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air, the entire ecosystem surrounding the plant, including water, other organisms and soil conditions, influences how ...
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Lowcountry man sweeps salt marsh in response to litter crisis: “It’s everywhere”
MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCSC) - The long stretch of salt marshes you see driving over Lowcountry bridges serve many purposes for the ecosystem, but their treatment is often overlooked. The South ...
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Federal money for 6 Cape Cod water quality projects still frozen after Trump order
The affected projects, totaling $17.5 million, aim to restore salt marshes, wetlands, tidal exchanges, and a cold-water fishery. Andrew Gottlieb, executive director of the Association to Preserve ...