Blue carbon : the role of healthy oceans in binding carbon : a rapid response assessment
2009
Nellemann, C. (Christian) |
Corcoran, Emily |
Duarte, Carlos M. |
Valdes, Luis |
DeYoung, Cassandra |
Fonseca, Luciano |
Grimsditch, Gabriel D. |
Out of all the biological carbon (or green carbon) captured in the world, over half is captured by marine living organisms --- hence it is called "blue carbon". Although emissions reductions are currently at the centre of the climate change debate, the critical role that oceans and ocean ecosystems play has been vastly overlooked.