01 Jul 2017

  David Barnes, British Antarctic Survey:   Last week we have put out two new papers about blue carbon ecosystem services on polar continental shelves.  Unlike elsewhere there is evidence that some ecosystem services in polar seabeds are actually increasing with sea ice losses providing a powerful feedback against climate change.  I hope these abstracts at least […]

01 Dec 2014

‘SNH Commissioned Report 761: Assessment of carbon budgets and potential blue carbon stores in Scotland’s coastal and marine environment: This report provides the first comprehensive assessment of the carbon budgets and potential blue carbon stores in Scotland’s coastal and marine environment. So-called ‘blue carbon’ is captured and stored by a wide range of species of […]