What The Future Of Grenada's Blue Carbon Ecosystems Means For You

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The future of Grenada's blue carbon ecosystems is looking bright! In this episode, we'll explore what that means for you and how you can help protect these vital ecosystems. Listen now to learn more.

Blue carbon represents the carbon stored in shallow coastal vegetated ecosystems such as tidal marshes, mangroves, and seagrasses. These ecosystems are referred to as blue carbon ecosystems. This carbon constitutes about 70% of the carbon stored in coastal ecosystems and it is mostly accumulated as organic matter within the ecosystem’s vegetation and sediments. Blue carbon ecosystems cover less than 2% of the total ocean area, but they have this incredible ability to capture carbon from the atmosphere between 4 to 55 times faster than tropical rainforests. Not only that, but this carbon remains for hundreds of years in their sediments.