Carlos M Duarte
@carlosduartephd.bsky.social
A marine scientist striving for a healthy ocean… worried about the broken basis of humanism
Check our new paper reporting that Carbon burial in sediments below seaweed farms matches that of Blue Carbon habitats www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Carbon burial in sediments below seaweed farms matches that of Blue Carbon habitats - Nature Climate Change
To understand the potential for seaweed as a Blue Carbon strategy, the authors quantify carbon burial under 20 globally distributed seaweed farms. They attribute an average of 1.06 ± 0.74 tCO2e ha−1 y...
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Check our new paper reporting low, but highly variable CO2 and CH4 fluxes in Red Sea mangrove soils bg.copernicus.org/articles/22/...
Dynamics of CO2 and CH4 fluxes in Red Sea mangrove soils
Abstract. Red Sea mangroves have a lower carbon burial rate than the global average, whereby small greenhouse gas fluxes may offset a large proportion of carbon burial. Monthly soil core sampling was ...
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Check our new paper on the Ecological effects of micro/nanoplastics on plant-associated food webs www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Ecological effects of micro/nanoplastics on plant-associated food webs
Micro/nanoplastics (MNPs) contamination is a potential threat to global biodiversity and ecosystem functions, with unclear ecological impacts on above…
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Enjoyed my chat with Ira Pastor on my journey in science at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDDy...
Prof. Carlos Duarte, Ph.D. - Executive Director, Coral Research & Development Accelerator Platform
YouTube video by Progress, Potential, and Possibilities
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Check our new paper reporting that Mediterranean seagrasses provide essential coastal protection under climate change. Bottom line: Seagrass loss may double the risk of coastal flooding with rising sea levels. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Mediterranean seagrasses provide essential coastal protection under climate change - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Mediterranean seagrasses provide essential coastal protection under climate change
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Just published today! Coral reef landscapes look beautiful from the air: they follow a fractal pattern expressing the Fibonacci series We provide an inventory of the 1.5 m tropical, shallow-water reefs in the ocean. A very important tool for conservation onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Unravelling the Universal Spatial Properties of Coral Reefs
Aim To characterise the size and geometry of coral reefs on a global scale. Location Global. Time Period Present. Major Taxa Studied Coral reefs. Methods We process the Allen Coral Atlas dat...
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Check our new paper alerting at beach Clift formation as "An emerging hazard to nesting sea turtles in the face of sea-level rise" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
An emerging hazard to nesting sea turtles in the face of sea-level rise
Climate change poses a significant threat to sea turtles. In particular, beach erosion due to sea-level rise endangers sea turtle nests and can hinder…
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Check our new paper reporting that "Green turtle tracking leads the discovery of seagrass blue carbon resources" royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Green turtle tracking leads the discovery of seagrass blue carbon resources | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Seagrass meadows are natural carbon sinks, and their conservation and restoration play a crucial role in climate change mitigation and adaptation. However, blue carbon projects are hindered, in most n...
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With more than 200 people known to have died in Spain following flash floods on Tuesday, James O'Brien considers whether an apology is owed to climate protesters - yes it is youtu.be/6JfEJZoxQhs?...
Spain floods: James O'Brien asks if climate protesters deserve an apology as death toll passes 200
YouTube video by LBC
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Last year's 0.75 cm rise was the largest year over year increase in global mean sea level during NASA's 31 year record of satellite based measurements. Viz by AJ Christensen. svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5235/
My first OAE experiment looked into how alkaline sources, olivine and slag, affected a juvenile kelp. A lot more olivine than slag was needed to increase the same amount of alkalinity. Olivine also made the water more turbid. Early results indicate growth was not affected by minerals.
Great to see the wave of old faces starting to join ... #30x30 go.bsky.app/VTc9c5H
