Mangrove reforestation provides greater blue carbon benefit than afforestation for mitigating global climate change

Shanshan Song; Yali Ding; Wei Li; Yuchen Meng; Jian Zhou; Ruikun Gou; Conghe Zhang; Shengbin Ye; Neil Saintilan; Ken W. Krauss; Stephen Crooks; Shuguo Lv; Guanghui Lin

doi:10.1038/s41467-023-36477-1

Nature Communications (Feb 2023)

Mangrove reforestation provides greater blue carbon benefit than afforestation for mitigating global climate change

Shanshan Song,
Yali Ding,
Wei Li,
Yuchen Meng,
Jian Zhou,
Ruikun Gou,
Conghe Zhang,
Shengbin Ye,
Neil Saintilan,
Ken W. Krauss,
Stephen Crooks,
Shuguo Lv,
Guanghui Lin

Affiliations

Shanshan Song: Department of Earth System Science, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Earth System Modeling, Institute for Global Change Studies, Tsinghua University
Yali Ding: Department of Earth System Science, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Earth System Modeling, Institute for Global Change Studies, Tsinghua University
Wei Li: Department of Earth System Science, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Earth System Modeling, Institute for Global Change Studies, Tsinghua University
Yuchen Meng: Department of Earth System Science, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Earth System Modeling, Institute for Global Change Studies, Tsinghua University
Jian Zhou: Department of Earth System Science, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Earth System Modeling, Institute for Global Change Studies, Tsinghua University
Ruikun Gou: Department of Earth System Science, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Earth System Modeling, Institute for Global Change Studies, Tsinghua University
Conghe Zhang: Department of Earth System Science, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Earth System Modeling, Institute for Global Change Studies, Tsinghua University
Shengbin Ye: Department of Earth System Science, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Earth System Modeling, Institute for Global Change Studies, Tsinghua University
Neil Saintilan: School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University
Ken W. Krauss: U.S. Geological Survey, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center
Stephen Crooks: Silvestrum Climate Associates LLC
Shuguo Lv: Institute of Marine Ecology and Environment and Hainan International Blue Carbon Research Center, Hainan Academy of Environmental Sciences
Guanghui Lin: Department of Earth System Science, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Earth System Modeling, Institute for Global Change Studies, Tsinghua University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36477-1
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Blue carbon benefit has not been compared among mangrove reforestation and afforestation pathways at the global scale. This study shows that mangrove reforestation could perform a greater carbon storage potential per hectare than afforestation as its higher nitrogen availability and lower salinity.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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