Open AccessUpper Estuaries Found to Be Significant Blue Carbon Sink
Author(s) -
Aaron Sidder
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2018eo100321
Subject(s) - blue carbon , sink (geography) , estuary , carbon sink , environmental science , oceanography , ecology , geography , carbon dioxide , geology , climate change , biology , carbon sequestration , cartography
Inland from the seagrass and salt marsh ecosystems that border the ocean, upper estuaries store more carbon than previously realized and could play an important role in mitigating climate change.