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SUBMITTER: Rosentreter JA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6007160 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Rosentreter Judith A JA Maher Damien T DT Erler Dirk V DV Murray Rachel H RH Eyre Bradley D BD
Science advances 20180613 6
Organic matter burial in mangrove forests results in the removal and long-term storage of atmospheric CO<sub>2</sub>, so-called "blue carbon." However, some of this organic matter is metabolized and returned to the atmosphere as CH<sub>4</sub>. Because CH<sub>4</sub> has a higher global warming potential than the CO<sub>2</sub> fixed in the organic matter, it can offset the CO<sub>2</sub> removed via carbon burial. We provide the first estimate of the global magnitude of this offset. Our results ...[more]