Mitigating Climate Change Through Restoration of Coastal Ecosystems
Tuesday, May 30, 2023 - 13:33
in Earth & Climate
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Yale University are proposing a novel pathway through which coastal ecosystem restoration can permanently capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Seagrass and mangroves -- known as blue carbon ecosystems -- naturally capture carbon through photosynthesis, which converts carbon dioxide into living tissue.