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The role of coastal plant communities for climate change mitigation and adaptation
- Source :
- Digital.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC, instname, Nature Climate Change
- Publication Year :
- 2013
- Publisher :
- Nature Publishing Group, 2013.
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Abstract
- Marine vegetated habitats (seagrasses, salt-marshes, macroalgae and mangroves) occupy 0.2% of the ocean surface, but contribute 50% of carbon burial in marine sediments. Their canopies dissipate wave energy and high burial rates raise the seafloor, buffering the impacts of rising sea level and wave action that are associated with climate change. The loss of a third of the global cover of these ecosystems involves a loss of CO 2 sinks and the emission of 1 Pg CO 2 annually. The conservation, restoration and use of vegetated coastal habitats in eco-engineering solutions for coastal protection provide a promising strategy, delivering significant capacity for climate change mitigation and adaption. © 2013 Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved.
- Subjects :
- 0106 biological sciences
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
010604 marine biology & hydrobiology
Climate change
Carbon sink
15. Life on land
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)
01 natural sciences
Blue carbon
Oceanography
Climate change mitigation
Habitat
13. Climate action
Environmental science
Ecosystem
14. Life underwater
Mangrove
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
Sea level
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Subjects
Details
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Digital.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC, instname, Nature Climate Change
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....333e1ba4a6f60e77148b4575704ebd14