Saltmarshes do store carbon, but their climate impact may have been overestimated

Craig Smeaton; Ed Garrett

Saltmarshes do store carbon, but their climate impact may have been overestimated

School of Geography & Sustainable Development

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Original language	English
Specialist publication	The Conversation
Publication status	Published - 23 May 2024

Keywords

Carbon
Saltmarsh
Wetlands
Soil
Great Britain
Peat
Salt marsh
Carbon sequestration
Accumulation
Storage

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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https://theconversation.com/saltmarshes-do-store-carbon-but-their-climate-impact-may-have-been-overestimated-230352Licence: CC BY-ND

1 Finished

Carbon storage in Intertidal Env: Carbon storage in intertidal environments (C-SIDE)
Austin, W. (PI)
1/06/18 → 31/05/23
Project: Standard

2 Article

Organic carbon accumulation in British saltmarshes
Smeaton, C., Garrett, E., Koot, M., Ladd, C., Miller, L., McMahon, L., Foster, B., Barlow, N., Blake, W., Gehrels, R., Skov, M. & Austin, W., 3 Apr 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Science of the Total Environment. 926, 12 p.
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Organic carbon stocks of Great British saltmarshes
Smeaton, C., Ladd, C., Miller, L., McMahon, L., Garrett, E., Barlow, N., Gehrels, W. R., Skov, M. W. & Austin, W., 4 Dec 2023, In: Frontiers in Marine Science. 10, 18 p.
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Saltmarshes do store carbon, but their climate impact may have been overestimated

Keywords

UN SDGs

Access to Document

Projects

Carbon storage in Intertidal Env: Carbon storage in intertidal environments (C-SIDE)

Research output

Organic carbon accumulation in British saltmarshes

Organic carbon stocks of Great British saltmarshes

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