Multi-scale observations of mangrove blue carbon ecosystem fluxes
The Nasa Carbon Monitoring System BlueFlux field campaign
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The BlueFlux field campaign, supported by NASA’s Carbon Monitoring System, will develop prototype blue carbon products to inform coastal carbon management. While blue carbon has been suggested as a nature-based climate solution (NBS) to remove carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) from the atmosphere, these ecosystems also release additional greenhouse gases (GHGs) such as methane (CH 4 ) and are sensitive to disturbances including hurricanes and sea-level rise. To understand blue carbon as an NBS, BlueFlux is conducting multi-scale measurements of CO 2 and CH 4 fluxes across coastal landscapes, combined with long-term carbon burial, in Southern Florida using chambers, flux towers, and aircraft combined with remote-sensing observations for regional upscaling. During the first deployment in April 2022, CO 2 uptake and CH 4 emissions across the Everglades National Park averaged −4.9 ± 4.7 μ mol CO 2 m −2 s −1 and 19.8 ± 41.1 nmol CH 4 m −2 s −1 , respectively. When scaled to the region, mangrove CH 4 emissions offset the mangrove CO 2 uptake by about 5% (assuming a 100 year CH 4 global warming potential of 28), leading to total net uptake of 31.8 Tg CO 2 -eq y −1 . Subsequent field campaigns will measure diurnal and seasonal changes in emissions and integrate measurements of long-term carbon burial to develop comprehensive annual and long-term GHG budgets to inform blue carbon as a climate solution
Atmosphere (unit · Atmospheric sciences · Blue carbon · Carbon cycle · Carbon dioxide · Carbon fibers · Carbon flux · Carbon sequestration · Climate change · Ecosystem · Geography · Greenhouse gas · Mangrove · Mangrove ecosystem · Meteorology · Methane · Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics · Environmental Science · Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena · Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research · Ecology · Oceanography
Natural climate solutions
The Global Methane Budget 2000–2017
A blueprint for blue carbon
Harnessing the potential of nature-based solutions for mitigating and adapting to climate change
Random Forests
Methane and nitrous oxide emissions complicate the climate benefits of teal and blue carbon wetlands
Widespread mangrove damage resulting from the 2017 Atlantic mega hurricane season
Spatial heterogeneity in CO 2 , CH 4 , and energy fluxes
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