Picture credit: “Blue carbon” by CIFOR is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
The Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources has published a very informative graphic depicting the way
” wetlands sequester carbon from the atmosphere through plant photosynthesis and by acting as sediment traps for runoff.”
The National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) defines Blue Carbon as
” Blue carbon is simply the term for carbon captured by the world’s ocean and coastal ecosystems.”
NOAA continues “You have probably heard that human activities emit (or give off) something called carbon dioxide, which contains atmospheric carbon. You have also heard that these gases are changing the world’s climate, and not in a good way. What you may not have heard is that our ocean and coasts provide a natural way of reducing the impact of greenhouse gases on our atmosphere, through sequestration (or taking in) of this carbon.”
For more on this critical environmental subject go to BLUE CARBON AT NOAA
