Blue Carbon
Blue Carbon Fact Sheet
Efforts in Blue Carbon, Sea Grass, Kelp, and Salt Marsh Restoration Blue Carbon and Estuaries in the Pacific Northwest.
Our Blue Carbon Initiative
Project Watershed in cooperation with the The Estuary Working Group is doing research to learn more about how salt marsh and eelgrass beds in our local Estuary contribute to the uptake and storage of carbon from the atmosphere.
What is Blue Carbon
Blue Carbon refers to coastal vegetation such as salt marsh grasses, eelgrass and other seagrass that sequesters or takes in carbon dioxide (CO2). This reduces the amount of CO2 in the atmostphere and helps to limit global climate change.
Courtenay River Estuary could hold 'blue key' to lock in carbon dioxide
BY PHILIP ROUND, COMOX VALLEY ECHO OCTOBER 21, 2011 The Courtenay River Estuary could hold a blue key that locks in carbon dioxide from...