When you think about the bottom of the ocean what do you think of – shipwrecks, sharks, or seabed sediments secretly tackling the climate crisis? Did that last point make your list? Well, it’s not ...

It's a common misconception that rainforests are the lungs of Earth. Our oceans produce most of the oxygen we consume and are ...

Cyclone Gabrielle has highlighted forestry slash as a problematic aspect of relying on plantation forests to draw down carbon dioxide (CO₂) from the atmosphere. While we no doubt must prioritise ...

Teasing apart the sources of organic carbon stored in coastal wetland soils around the world was the "grand challenge" Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) scientists successfully tackled in ...

Investors, scientists, and leaders are no longer asking if the blue economy is real and instead figuring out how quickly they ...

The series will feature Jayda G as she takes a look at blue carbon ecosystems and the way they work to counteract and mitigate some of the effects of climate change. Here’s the information you’ll need ...

Absorbing almost a quarter of all human-made carbon dioxide (CO 2) gas emitted into the atmosphere each year, the ocean is both a victim of, and a solution to, climate change. On one hand, the ...

Blue carbon – the carbon stored in coastal and marine ecosystems – is an unsung ally in our fight against the climate crisis. Marine vegetated habitats like mangroves, seagrasses, salt marshes, and ...

The world’s oceans are home to different habitats that capture and store carbon – known as “blue carbon”. These include habitats that are typically found along coastlines, such as salt marshes and ...