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 ...
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Sinking in Saltwater: Maine’s coastal marshes at risk as sea levels rise
Between 28 and 57 percent of the state’s coastal marshes could disappear by the end of the century, victims of a rising sea, ...
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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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Blue carbon. Why coastal salt marshes?
Few people appreciate that the nearby Olonne marshes form a veritable laboratory for blue carbon. Coastal salt marshes are ...
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As seas rise, marshes may still trap carbon and cool planet
As sea level rises, freshwater marshes get saltier and turn into salt marshes. Conventional wisdom has long held that as freshwater marshes shrink, they release carbon stored in their soil and ...