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Blue Carbon

Blue Carbon

The USGS conducts a wide range of research on blue carbon—carbon stored in coastal and marine ecosystems—to help federal, state, and local government entities, as well as private organizations, make decisions regarding climate change mitigation and adaptation, wetland restoration, land management, and coastal resilience. 

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Blue Carbon

Blue Carbon

The USGS conducts a wide range of research on blue carbon—carbon stored in coastal and marine ecosystems—to help federal, state, and local government entities, as well as private organizations, make decisions regarding climate change mitigation and adaptation, wetland restoration, land management, and coastal resilience. 

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Coastal ecosystems that store carbon and carbon flows within these ecosystems. Full alt text in caption.

Blue Carbon

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Identifying and filling critical knowledge gaps can optimize financial viability of blue carbon projects in tidal wetlands

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Modeling the responses of blue carbon fluxes in Mississippi River Deltaic Plain brackish marshes to climate change induced hydrologic conditions

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Two people in raft paddling through water, marsh grass in foreground and trees, grasses, and sky in the background

Herring River Blue Carbon & Carbon Market Assessment

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Eyes on Earth Episode 128 – 2024 EROS Fall Poster Session

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Restoring blue carbon ecosystems

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Three people standing on either side of a sign detailing the Herring River Restoration Project outside with trees in back

Blue Carbon Research Contributes to Largest Tidal Restoration in the Northeast

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All tidal wetlands are blue carbon ecosystems

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Infographic describing biological sequestration, showing how carbon can be stored in soil and large root structures of plants

Biological Carbon Sequestration

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Carbon Rainbow

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Blue carbon in a changing climate and a changing context

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The Coastal Carbon Library and Atlas: Open source soil data and tools supporting blue carbon research and policy

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The blue carbon reservoirs from Maine to Long Island, NY

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Changes in mangrove blue carbon under elevated atmospheric CO2

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Delta wetland near Rio Vista, California.

Delta Wetlands and Resilience: Blue Carbon and Marsh Accretion

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Defining blue carbon: The emergence of a climate context for coastal carbon dynamics

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Coastal Wetland Blue Carbon

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Blue Carbon

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Mangrove blue carbon in the face of deforestation, climate change, and restoration

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Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge in July

Quantifying Restoration Impacts of Wetland Ecosystem Health and Carbon Export

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Estimating blue carbon sequestration under coastal management scenarios

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Aerial map of modeling area in the Nisqually River Delta

Marsh Elevation Change and Carbon Sequestration

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Mangroves provide blue carbon ecological value at a low freshwater cost

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Two people crouched down in wetland smiling at camera working with equipment

Carbon Dioxide Removal Research

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Four people in a wetland, phragmites in the background, three buckets on the ground and a circle made with yellow flags

Carbon Dioxide Removal Research

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USGS field crew at Rush Ranch, CA (Blue Carbon Project).

Global Science and Data Network for Coastal Blue Carbon (SBC)

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20-10. Deciphering blue carbon in critical marine mineral environments

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Blue carbon as a tool to support coastal management and restoration: Bringing wetlands to market case study

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NASA-USGS Blue Carbon Monitoring System

NASA-USGS National Blue Carbon Monitoring System

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Mangrove reforestation provides greater blue carbon benefit than afforestation for mitigating global climate change

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