Millions of purple marsh crabs are churning through salt marshes along the East Coast, significantly disrupting the storage of carbon within these ecosystems. The small crabs' constant burrowing ...

Maine has at least 54,000 acres, or 84 square miles, of these so-called blue carbon reservoirs: salt marsh, eelgrass beds, and even phragmites that store at least 1.7 million tons of carbon in the ...

Maine salt marshes are a key tool in the fight against climate change, acting as a buffer against storms and soaking up planet-warming emissions. These reservoirs of "blue carbon" can be 10 times ...

The data could inform future EPA blue carbon reports, as well as decisions concerning salt marsh restoration. (Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College) “Tidal restrictions and human involvement in marshes ...

Here's why the Biden administration is betting on blue carbon, a natural climate solution in oceans that could help curb climate change. Search for: ... Salt marshes, mangroves, ...

Massachusetts has by far the most blue carbon habitats in New England: more than 112,000 acres, or about half of the region’s total salt marshes and seagrass beds. Advertisement ...

At Derrymore Island's salt marshes in Ireland, Ocean spoke with Dr Grace Cott, the principal investigator at University College Dublin's Blue Carbon group, to understand what makes salt marshes so ...

Salt marsh loss resulted in 16.3 teragrams, or 16.3 million metric tons, of carbon emissions per year, according to the study. That’s the rough equivalent of the output of around 3.5 million cars.

Massachusetts has the largest potential for blue carbon sequestration in New England — more than 112,000 acres of salt marshes, eelgrass meadows, and reeds in wetlands, according to the EPA’s ...

The world's oceans are home to different habitats that capture and store carbon—known as "blue carbon." These include habitats that are typically found along coastlines, such as salt marshes and ...