How Pioneering Tidal Marsh Restoration Technique Can Help Fight Climate Change

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Tidal marshes are critical for fighting climate change. They act as natural buffers against storms and flooding, This episode showcases how this pioneering method is being used to restore tidal marshes.

“Blue carbon” is the term used to describe the fraction of carbon locked in ocean environments. Most blue carbon is stored in the saline sediments of salt marshes, seagrasses, and mangroves. These environments are very important in slowing the pace of climate change because they sequester carbon in the ground that would otherwise be released to the atmosphere. Atmospheric carbon can become greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, which are contributing to increased atmospheric warming. As an added benefit, these carbon-sucking environments are also able to act as a buffer for coastal communities when storms hit by reducing the strength and height of storm waves.

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