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ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-03-01 11:29 pm
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Salt Marshes
New England’s Salt Marshes Store 10 Million Cars’ Worth of Carbon—and Add Another 15,000-Worth Every Year
“The amazing thing about tidal marshes, from a climate perspective,” says Wenxiu Teng, lead author of the paper and a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Earth, Geographic and Climate Sciences (EGCS) at UMass Amherst, “is that they can continuously increase their carbon storage. They don’t fill up.”
Salt marshes also filter water, host throngs of birds and other wildlife, reduce flooding, buffer storms, and provide other benefits. When you're thinking about what habitats to protect, start with those that provide a whole stack of benefits like this. Wetlands in general are an excellent bet. Learn to appreciate and protect salt marshes.
“The amazing thing about tidal marshes, from a climate perspective,” says Wenxiu Teng, lead author of the paper and a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Earth, Geographic and Climate Sciences (EGCS) at UMass Amherst, “is that they can continuously increase their carbon storage. They don’t fill up.”
Salt marshes also filter water, host throngs of birds and other wildlife, reduce flooding, buffer storms, and provide other benefits. When you're thinking about what habitats to protect, start with those that provide a whole stack of benefits like this. Wetlands in general are an excellent bet. Learn to appreciate and protect salt marshes.