Email: john.barry@usm.my 10 Determination of blue carbon sequestration in seagrass sediments over climatic time scales (>100 years) 11 relies on several assumptions, including no loss of particulate organic carbon (POC) after 1-2 years, tight 12 coupling between POC loss and CO 2 capacity to trace carbon from donor to sink habitats in the ocean. 1. Introduction Recognition of the role of vegetated coastal ecosystems as sites of intense carbon (C) sequestration and storage [1,2] led to the development of Blue Carbon (BC) strategies to mitigate and adapt to climate change through the conservation and Carbon sequestration is defined as the secure storage of carbon‐containing molecules for >100 years, and in the context of carbon dioxide removal for climate mitigation, the origin of this CO2 is… Expand 5 Save Alert Dimensions of Blue Carbon and emerging perspectives C. Lovelock, Carlos M. Duarte Environmental Science Biology Letters 2019 TLDR Using more scientific lingo, coastal blue carbon is the carbon captured by living coastal and marine organisms and stored in coastal ecosystems. Salt marshes, mangroves, and seagrass beds play two important roles: Carbon sequestration — the process of capturing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, measured as a rate of carbon uptake per year. Carbon sequestration is the process of storing carbon in a carbon pool.: with carbon sequestered this way being known as blue carbon. Wetland soil, particularly in coastal wetlands such as mangroves, sea grasses, and salt marshes, is an important carbon reservoir; 20-30% of the world's soil carbon is found in wetlands, while only 5-8% of the world's land is composed of wetlands Competitiveness of blue carbon sequestration with other land use mitigation activities Blue carbon offsets will be required to compete not only with other REDD+ projects, but also with other carbon mitigation strategies as well. This paper tracks the current funding process to discern gaps in future blue carbon financing opportunities. The REDD+ planning and capacity-building process offers Blue carbon is brimming with potential and South Australia is poised to grab hold of the opportunities that it presents. Developing blue carbon projects presents us with multiple benefits, from significant sequestration opportunities, to strengthened resilience of our precious coastline, to habitat restoration. It really is a win-win-win approach. Because blue carbon is a relatively new This briefing outlines the current understanding of carbon captured and stored in Scotland's coastal and marine environment, known as blue carbon. This briefing outlines the known threats to blue carbon stores, and compares their carbon storage capacity to Scotland's well-known terrestrial carbon stores: peatland and forestry. In addition, this briefing explores Scottish policy areas relevant The objective of this study is to value the services associated with the capture and storage of oceanic carbon, known as Blue Carbon, provided by a new network of marine protected areas in Colombia. We approach the monetary value associated to these services through the simulation of a hypothetical market for oceanic carbon. The carbon stored in the sediments and plants in these wetlands is known as "blue carbon.". However, one-third of the world's mangrove, seagrass, and salt marsh areas have been destroyed over the past several decades. They are being degraded at devastating rates—in some instances, up to four times t