Marine scientist champions Blue Carbon: "Seagrass meadows act as a massive carbon sink, capable of storing as much carbon as forests. There’s only one problem: due to poor watershed management and declining water quality near shorelines, seagrasses are disappearing at alarming rates." [Italics added.]
Great! We can get sea grass to function as a massive sink for CO2. There's lots of ocean with lots of room for seagrass.
The only one, small, tiny problem: we're killing off the seagrass.
Ooops. That's a little inconvenient, don't you know.
But, that said, this is good to know. Maybe water quality and water management will escalate in importance to help save the reefs and the grasses.
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Thursday, June 14, 2012
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