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Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities -
SDG 13 Climate Action -
SDG 14 Life Below Water -
SDG 15 Life on Land
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Old carbon, new insights: thermal reactivity and bioavailability of saltmarsh soils
Houston, A., Garnett, M. H. & Austin, W. E. N., 23 Sept 2025, In: Biogeosciences. 22, 18, p. 4851-4864 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Additionality in blue carbon ecosystems: recommendations for a universally applicable accounting methodology
Houston, A., Kennedy, H. & Austin, W., 4 Nov 2024, In: Global Change Biology. 30, 11, 9 p., e17559.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Blue carbon additionality: new insights from the radiocarbon content of saltmarsh soils and their respired CO2
Houston, A., Garnett, M. & Austin, W., 1 Mar 2024, In: Limnology and Oceanography. 69, 3, p. 548-561 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Scottish saltmarsh, sea-level rise, and the potential for managed realignment to deliver blue carbon gains
Austin, W., Smeaton, C., Houston, A. & Balke, T., 30 Jun 2022, Edinburgh: Climate XChange. 77 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
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Data Underpinning Alexander Houston's thesis
Houston, A. (Creator), Austin, W. (Supervisor) & Garnett, M. (Supervisor), University of St Andrews, 28 Oct 2028
DOI: 10.17630/6350b524-d67b-434d-a092-a2892420aef0
Dataset: Thesis dataset
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Identification and mapping of potential sites suitable for saltmarsh habitat creation in Scotland through manged realignment under current and future sea levels
Smeaton, C. (Creator), Houston, A. (Creator), Balke, T. (Creator) & Austin, W. (Creator), Marine Scotland Science, 19 May 2022
DOI: 10.7489/12417-1, https://data.marine.gov.scot/dataset/identification-and-mapping-potential-sites-suitable-saltmarsh-habitat-creation-scotland
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Thesis
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Sources, sinks and subsidies of organic carbon in saltmarsh habitats
Houston, A. (Author), Austin, W. E. N. (Supervisor), Garnett, M. (Supervisor), Smith, J. (Supervisor), Smith, P. (Supervisor) & Lawson, I. (Supervisor), 2 Dec 2025Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis (PhD)