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Tiny Antarctic krill store enormous amounts of carbon
The new findings reveal that Antarctic krill store amounts of carbon that are comparable to critical blue carbon habitats ...
Antarctic krill store as much carbon as the world’s mangroves, salt marshes and seagrass beds
For the first time, we used a computer model of ocean currents to show that krill waste products don’t need to reach great ...
A new blue carbon map of the UK gives mud new meaning
Anna Turns sets sail from Plymouth Sound to explore the significance of blue carbon in marine habitats around the UK.
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Antarctic Krill Rival Seagrass, Mangroves in Carbon Storage
Small marine crustaceans are as valuable as key coastal habitats for storing carbon and should be similarly protected, according to new research.The ...
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Krill can store as much carbon as mangroves & seagrass, study finds
They might be small, but they're certainly mighty: krill play a major role in carbon sequestering in oceans across the world.
Antarctic krill can lock away similar levels of carbon as seagrass and mangroves, finds study
Small marine crustaceans are as valuable as key coastal habitats for storing carbon and should be similarly protected, ...
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Antarctic Krill Lock Away Carbon Like Seagrass, Mangroves
Small marine crustaceans are as valuable as key coastal habitats for storing carbon and should be similarly protected, according to new research.The ...
An ancient underwater event wiped out more than 90% of life – and it wasn’t a tsunami
Around 250 million years ago, a mass extinction event wiped out more than 90% of life – and it all began in the water. You’re ...
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Development and rising seas threaten Maine's salt marshes, a key carbon sink
Scientists project that Maine could lose 28-57% of its salt marshes by the end of the century — victims of rising seas, ...
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Study reveals that future climate change may reduce the Amazon rainforest's ability to act as a carbon sink
The study shows that future climate change may lead to hotter and drier conditions in the Amazon rainforest that reduces the Amazon carbon sink, in other words, carbon dioxide absorption by plants.