Expanding Greenland seagrass meadows contribute new sediment carbon sinks

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Marbà, Núria, Krause-Jensen, Dorte, Masqué, Pere, Duarte, Carlos M.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Publishing Group UK 2018
• Subjects: Article; Ameralik; Arctic; Greenland; Kapisillit; Kobbefjord; Global warming
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6145939/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30232387; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-32249-w

The loss of natural carbon sinks, such as seagrass meadows, contributes to grenhouse gas emissions and, thus, global warming. Whereas seagrass meadows are declining in temperate and tropical regions, they are expected to expand into the Arctic with future warming. Using paleoreconstruction of carbon...