Carlos M Duarte

Carbon burial in sediments below seaweed farms matches that of Blue Carbon habitats - Nature Climate Change To understand the potential for seaweed as a Blue Carbon strategy, the authors quantify carbon burial under 20 globally distributed seaweed farms. They attribute an average of 1.06 ± 0.74 tCO2e ha−1 y...

Check our new paper reporting that Carbon burial in sediments below seaweed farms matches that of Blue Carbon habitats

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Dynamics of CO2 and CH4 fluxes in Red Sea mangrove soils Abstract. Red Sea mangroves have a lower carbon burial rate than the global average, whereby small greenhouse gas fluxes may offset a large proportion of carbon burial. Monthly soil core sampling was ...

Check our new paper reporting low, but highly variable CO2 and CH4 fluxes in Red Sea mangrove soils

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Ecological effects of micro/nanoplastics on plant-associated food webs Micro/nanoplastics (MNPs) contamination is a potential threat to global biodiversity and ecosystem functions, with unclear ecological impacts on above…

Check our new paper on the Ecological effects of micro/nanoplastics on plant-associated food webs

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YouTube video by Progress, Potential, and Possibilities Prof. Carlos Duarte, Ph.D. - Executive Director, Coral Research & Development Accelerator Platform

Enjoyed my chat with Ira Pastor on my journey in science at:

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Mediterranean seagrasses provide essential coastal protection under climate change - Scientific Reports Scientific Reports - Mediterranean seagrasses provide essential coastal protection under climate change

Check our new paper reporting that Mediterranean seagrasses provide essential coastal protection under climate change.

Bottom line: Seagrass loss may double the risk of coastal flooding with rising sea levels.

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Unravelling the Universal Spatial Properties of Coral Reefs Aim To characterise the size and geometry of coral reefs on a global scale. Location Global. Time Period Present. Major Taxa Studied Coral reefs. Methods We process the Allen Coral Atlas dat...

Just published today!

Coral reef landscapes look beautiful from the air: they follow a fractal pattern expressing the Fibonacci series

We provide an inventory of the 1.5 m tropical, shallow-water reefs in the ocean. A very important tool for conservation

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An emerging hazard to nesting sea turtles in the face of sea-level rise Climate change poses a significant threat to sea turtles. In particular, beach erosion due to sea-level rise endangers sea turtle nests and can hinder…

Check our new paper alerting at beach Clift formation as "An emerging hazard to nesting sea turtles in the face of sea-level rise"

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Proudly Introducing Dr. Eleonora Re!

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Turtles map seagrass better than satellites can Tracing tagged turtles reveals more than 30 new seagrass sites in the Red Sea

and the accompanying article in Science on the significance of the research:

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Green turtle tracking leads the discovery of seagrass blue carbon resources | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences Seagrass meadows are natural carbon sinks, and their conservation and restoration play a crucial role in climate change mitigation and adaptation. However, blue carbon projects are hindered, in most n...

Check our new paper reporting that "Green turtle tracking leads the discovery of seagrass blue carbon resources"

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We found a massive soft coral garden off Newfoundland this year - www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

YouTube video by LBC Spain floods: James O'Brien asks if climate protesters deserve an apology as death toll passes 200

With more than 200 people known to have died in Spain following flash floods on Tuesday, James O'Brien considers whether an apology is owed to climate protesters - yes it is
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Last year's 0.75 cm rise was the largest year over year increase in global mean sea level during NASA's 31 year record of satellite based measurements. Viz by AJ Christensen.

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My first OAE experiment looked into how alkaline sources, olivine and slag, affected a juvenile kelp. A lot more olivine than slag was needed to increase the same amount of alkalinity. Olivine also made the water more turbid. Early results indicate growth was not affected by minerals.

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