Biology Letters,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
21(4)
Published: April 1, 2025
In
2019,
we
found
that
the
concept
of
blue
carbon
had
begun
to
solidify
in
preceding
decade
around
activities
could
achieve
mitigation
through
conservation
and
restoration
on
ecosystems
with
high
levels
data.
Five
years
later,
available
data
have
increased,
so
too
are
included
national
markets
market
methodologies
(e.g.
seaweed
supratidal
forests).
While
implementation
strategies
continues
advance
both
emerging
biodiversity
markets,
scale
investment
is
inadequate
for
action
needed
meet
global
targets
Paris
Agreement
Kunming-Global
Biodiversity
Framework.
The
developing
finance
mechanisms
natural
capital
offer
additional
potential
at
large
scales,
although
governance
systems
challenged
deliver
just
equitable
outcomes.
Blue
research
characterized
by
deep
collaboration
among
diverse
disciplines
actors,
which
be
crucial
achieving
goals.
PLOS Climate,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
1(8), P. e0000061 - e0000061
Published: Aug. 15, 2022
Natural
climate
solutions
are
crucial
interventions
to
help
countries
and
companies
achieve
their
net-zero
carbon
emissions
ambitions.
Blue
ecosystems
such
as
mangroves,
seagrasses,
tidal
marshes
have
attracted
particular
attention
for
ability
sequester
store
at
densities
that
can
far
exceed
other
ecosystems.
The
science
of
blue
is
now
clear,
there
substantial
interest
from
individuals
who
wish
offset
greenhouse
gas
they
cannot
otherwise
reduce.
We
characterise
the
rapid
recent
rise
in
corporate
sector
highlight
huge
scale
demand
(potentially
$10
billion
or
more)
investors.
discuss
why,
despite
this
demand,
supply
credits
remains
small.
Several
market-related
challenges
currently
limit
implementation
projects
sale
resulting
credits,
including
cost
burden
verification
compared
verifying
ecosystems,
general
small
current
projects,
double
counting
between
commercial
national
institutions.
To
overcome
these
challenges,
we
supplementary
financial
instruments
beyond
credit
trading
may
also
be
viable
fund
conservation
restoration
coastal
habitats,
bonds
ecosystem
service
insurance.
Ultimately,
a
portfolio
will
needed
order
generate
funding
streams
reliable
enough
realise
potential
natural
solution.
Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
98(6), P. 1945 - 1971
Published: July 12, 2023
The
conservation,
restoration,
and
improved
management
of
terrestrial
forests
significantly
contributes
to
mitigate
climate
change
its
impacts,
as
well
providing
numerous
co-benefits.
pressing
need
reduce
emissions
increase
carbon
removal
from
the
atmosphere
is
now
also
leading
development
natural
solutions
in
ocean.
Interest
sequestration
potential
underwater
macroalgal
growing
rapidly
among
policy,
corporate
sectors.
Yet,
our
understanding
whether
can
lead
tangible
mitigation
remains
severely
limited,
hampering
their
inclusion
international
policy
or
finance
frameworks.
Here,
we
examine
results
over
180
publications
synthesise
evidence
regarding
forest
potential.
We
show
that
research
efforts
on
macroalgae
are
heavily
skewed
towards
particulate
organic
(POC)
pathways
(77%
data
publications),
fixation
most
studied
flux
(55%).
Fluxes
directly
(e.g.
export
burial
marine
sediments)
remain
poorly
resolved,
likely
hindering
regional
country-level
assessments
potential,
which
only
available
17
150
countries
where
occur.
To
solve
this
issue,
present
a
framework
categorize
coastlines
according
Finally,
review
multiple
avenues
through
translate
into
capacity,
largely
depends
interventions
above
baseline
avoid
further
emissions.
find
restoration
afforestation
potentially
order
10's
Tg
C
globally.
Although
lower
than
current
estimates
value
all
habitats
(61-268
year-1
),
it
suggests
could
add
total
coastal
blue
ecosystems,
offer
valuable
opportunities
polar
temperate
areas
currently
low.
Operationalizing
will
necessitate
models
reliably
estimate
proportion
production
sequestered,
improvements
fingerprinting
techniques,
rethinking
accounting
methodologies.
ocean
provides
major
adapt
change,
largest
vegetated
habitat
Earth
should
not
be
ignored
simply
because
does
fit
existing
Nature Communications,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
14(1)
Published: Jan. 3, 2023
Coastal
ecosystems
can
efficiently
remove
carbon
dioxide
(CO2)
from
the
atmosphere
and
are
thus
promoted
for
nature-based
climate
change
mitigation.
Natural
methane
(CH4)
emissions
these
may
counterbalance
atmospheric
CO2
uptake.
Still,
knowledge
of
mechanisms
sustaining
such
CH4
their
contribution
to
net
radiative
forcing
remains
scarce
globally
prevalent
macroalgae,
mixed
vegetation,
surrounding
depositional
sediment
habitats.
Here
we
show
that
habitats
emit
in
range
0.1
-
2.9
mg
m-2
d-1
atmosphere,
revealing
situ
macroalgae
were
sustained
by
divergent
methanogenic
archaea
anoxic
microsites.
Over
an
annual
cycle,
CO2-equivalent
offset
28
35%
sink
capacity
attributed
uptake
vegetation
habitats,
respectively,
augment
release
unvegetated
sediments
57%.
Accounting
alongside
sea-air
fluxes
identifying
controlling
is
crucial
constrain
potential
coastal
as
sinks
develop
informed
mitigation
strategies.
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
378(1881)
Published: May 29, 2023
As
interest
in
natural
capital
grows
and
society
increasingly
recognizes
the
value
of
biodiversity,
we
must
discuss
how
ecosystem
observations
to
detect
changes
biodiversity
can
be
sustained
through
collaboration
across
regions
sectors.
However,
there
are
many
barriers
establishing
sustaining
large-scale,
fine-resolution
observations.
First,
comprehensive
monitoring
data
on
both
possible
anthropogenic
factors
lacking.
Second,
some
situ
cannot
systematically
established
maintained
locations.
Third,
equitable
solutions
sectors
countries
needed
build
a
global
network.
Here,
by
examining
individual
cases
emerging
frameworks,
mainly
from
(but
not
limited
to)
Japan,
illustrate
ecological
science
relies
long-term
neglecting
basic
our
home
planet
further
reduces
chances
overcoming
environmental
crisis.
We
also
techniques
opportunities,
such
as
DNA
citizen
well
using
existing
forgotten
sites
monitoring,
that
help
overcome
difficulties
at
large
scale
with
fine
resolution.
Overall,
this
paper
presents
call
action
for
joint
factors,
systematic
establishment
maintenance
observations,
network,
beyond
cultures,
languages,
economic
status.
hope
proposed
framework
examples
Japan
serve
starting
point
discussions
collaborations
among
stakeholders
multiple
society.
It
is
time
take
next
step
detecting
socio-ecological
systems,
if
observation
made
more
feasible,
they
will
play
an
even
important
role
ensuring
sustainability
future
generations.
This
article
part
theme
issue
'Detecting
attributing
causes
change:
needs,
gaps
solutions'.
Ecological Applications,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
33(3)
Published: Dec. 11, 2022
Harnessing
natural
solutions
to
mitigate
climate
change
requires
an
understanding
of
carbon
fixation,
flux,
and
sequestration
across
ocean
habitats.
Recent
studies
have
suggested
that
exported
seaweed
particulate
organic
is
stored
within
soft-sediment
systems.
However,
very
little
known
about
how
detritus
disperses
from
coastlines,
or
where
it
may
enter
seabed
stores,
could
become
the
target
conservation
efforts.
Here,
focusing
on
regionally
dominant
species,
we
surveyed
environmental
DNA
(eDNA)
coastal
sediments,
studied
their
connectivity
habitats
using
a
particle
tracking
model
parameterized
reproduce
dispersal
behavior
based
laboratory
observations
fragment
degradation
sinking.
Experiments
showed
density
changed
over
time,
differently
species.
This,
in
turn,
modified
distances
traveled
by
released
fragments
until
they
reached
for
first
during
simulations.
Dispersal
pathways
connected
shore
open
but,
importantly,
also
this
was
reflected
field
eDNA
evidence.
Dispersion
were
affected
hydrodynamic
conditions,
varying
space
time.
Both
properties
timing
detritus,
individual
each
macroalgal
population,
short-term
near-seabed
medium-term
water-column
transport
pathways,
are
thus
seemingly
important
determining
between
potential
sedimentary
sinks.
Studies
such
as
one,
supported
further
verification
rates
source
partitioning,
still
needed
help
quantify
role
cycle.
Such
will
provide
vital
evidence
inform
need
develop
blue
mechanisms,
beyond
wetlands.