New England's salt marshes store 10 million cars' worth of carbon—and add another 15,000 cars' worth every year
In the race to combat global climate change, much attention has been given to natural carbon sinks: those primarily ...
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US region’s salt marshes store 10 million cars’ worth of carbon, outperform forests
Scientists have recently introduced a new, highly accurate method for quantifying carbon capture in salt marshes.
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Norfolk salt marshes named one of UK's best breaks
A Norfolk beauty spot has been named one of the best to visit in the UK. The salt marshes along the Norfolk coast were included in The Times' list of the "most invigorating breaks" to take ...
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Landforms created by deposition
Salt marshes may be formed behind a spit. The zone behind a spit becomes a sheltered area. Water movement slows down and so more material is deposited. Deposition may form a salt marsh.
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New England's salt marshes store 10 million cars' worth of carbon -- and add another 15,000-worth every year
In the race to combat global climate change, much attention has been given to natural 'carbon sinks:' those primarily terrestrial areas of the globe that absorb and sequester more carbon than they ...
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New England’s salt marshes store 10 million cars’ worth of carbon—and add another 15,000-worth every year
While scientists have long known that coastal salt marshes are just such a sink for “blue carbon,” or carbon stored in the ocean and coastal ecosystems, it has been difficult to get an ...