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Updated global estimates of carbon burial in seagrass sediments.
Nature Communications · · Journal Article · Open access
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A Nature Communications analysis compiles directly dated sediment cores to estimate carbon burial in seagrass sediments more robustly, reducing uncertainty in global blue-carbon contributions.
- Why it matters: Seagrass meadows are key blue carbon ecosystems, but their global carbon burial contribution is uncertain because direct measurements have been limited.
- What they did: The study builds a large dataset of directly dated sediment cores and applies a consistent methodology to assess carbon burial.
- The result: The updated estimates provide a more robust assessment of carbon burial in seagrass sediments, improving confidence in global blue-carbon accounting.
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