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Australian vegetated coastal ecosystems as global hotspots for climate change mitigation

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Serrano, Oscar, Lovelock, Catherine E., B. Atwood, Trisha, Macreadie, Peter I., Canto, Robert, Phinn, Stuart, Arias-Ortiz, Ariane, Bai, Le, Baldock, Jeff, Bedulli, Camila, Carnell, Paul, Connolly, Rod M., Donaldson, Paul, Esteban, Alba, Ewers Lewis, Carolyn J., Eyre, Bradley D., Hayes, Matthew A., Horwitz, Pierre, Hutley, Lindsay B., Kavazos, Christopher R. J., Kelleway, Jeffrey J., Kendrick, Gary A., Kilminster, Kieryn, Lafratta, Anna, Lee, Shing, Lavery, Paul S., Maher, Damien T., Marbà, Núria, Masque, Pere, Mateo, Miguel A., Mount, Richard, Ralph, Peter J., Roelfsema, Chris, Rozaimi, Mohammad, Ruhon, Radhiyah, Salinas, Cristian, Samper-Villarreal, Jimena, Sanderman, Jonathan, J. Sanders, Christian, Santos, Isaac, Sharples, Chris, Steven, Andrew D. L., Cannard, Toni, Trevathan-Tackett, Stacey M., Duarte, Carlos M.·2019·Nature Communications
DOI 10.1038/s41467-019-12176-8
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Policies aiming to preserve vegetated coastal ecosystems (VCE; tidal marshes, mangroves and seagrasses) to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions require national assessments of blue carbon resources. Here, we present organic carbon (C) storage in VCE across Australian climate regions and estimate potential annual CO 2 emission benefits of VCE conservation and restoration. Australia contributes 5–11% of the C stored in VCE globally (70–185 Tg C in aboveground biomass, and 1,055–1,540 Tg C in the upper 1 m of soils). Potential CO 2 emissions from current VCE losses are estimated at 2.1–3.1 Tg CO 2-e yr-1, increasing annual CO 2 emissions from land use change in Australia by 12–21%. This assessment, the most comprehensive for any nation to-date, demonstrates the potential of conservation and restoration of VCE to underpin national policy development for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

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Authors
Serrano, O., Lovelock, C. E., B. Atwood, T., Macreadie, P. I., Canto, R., Phinn, S., Arias-Ortiz, A., Bai, L., Baldock, J., Bedulli, C., Carnell, P., Connolly, R. M., Donaldson, P., Esteban, A., Ewers Lewis, C. J., Eyre, B. D., Hayes, M. A., Horwitz, P., Hutley, L. B., Kavazos, C. R. J., Kelleway, J. J., Kendrick, G. A., Kilminster, K., Lafratta, A., Lee, S., Lavery, P. S., Maher, D. T., Marbà, N., Masque, P., Mateo, M. A., Mount, R., Ralph, P. J., Roelfsema, C., Rozaimi, M., Ruhon, R., Salinas, C., Samper-Villarreal, J., Sanderman, J., J. Sanders, C., Santos, I., Sharples, C., Steven, A. D. L., Cannard, T., Trevathan-Tackett, S. M., & Duarte, C. M.
Venue
Nature Communications
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2019-10-02
Volume
10
Issue
1
Pages
4313-4313
ISSN
2041-1723 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1038/s41467-019-12176-8
OpenAlex
W2978107983
Cited by
1,166
References
5
FWCI
149.77
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
gold
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Funders
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

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Serrano, O., Lovelock, C. E., B. Atwood, T., Macreadie, P. I., Canto, R., Phinn, S., Arias-Ortiz, A., Bai, L., Baldock, J., Bedulli, C., Carnell, P., Connolly, R. M., Donaldson, P., Esteban, A., Ewers Lewis, C. J., Eyre, B. D., Hayes, M. A., Horwitz, P., Hutley, L. B., . . . Duarte, C. M. (2019). Australian vegetated coastal ecosystems as global hotspots for climate change mitigation. Nature Communications. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12176-8

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