Catherine E. Lovelock

Nov 25, 2024 | nature.com | Mark Spalding |Nicholas Murray |Kerrylee Rogers |Andre S Rovai |Lukas Weilguny |Maria Fernanda Adame | +7 more

AbstractTidal marshes are threatened coastal ecosystems known for their capacity to store large amounts of carbon in their water-logged soils. Accurate quantification and mapping of global tidal marshes soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks is of considerable value to conservation efforts.

Apr 4, 2024 | phys.org | Euan Ritchie |Catherine E. Lovelock |Sarah Bekessy

Policy alignment sounds dry. But think of it like this: you want to make suburbs cooler and more liveable, so you plant large trees. But then you find the trees run afoul of fire and safety provisions, and they're cut down. Such problems are all too common.

Apr 3, 2024 | theconversation.com | Euan Ritchie |Catherine E. Lovelock |Sarah Bekessy

Policy alignment sounds dry. But think of it like this: you want to make suburbs cooler and more liveable, so you plant large trees. But then you find the trees run afoul of fire and safety provisions, and they’re cut down. Such problems are all too common. Policies set by different government departments start with good intentions only to clash with other policies.

Aug 30, 2023 | nature.com | Neil Saintilan |Benjamin Horton |Torbjörn E. Törnqvist |Erica Ashe |Mark Schuerch |Chris Perry | +5 more

AbstractSeveral coastal ecosystems—most notably mangroves and tidal marshes—exhibit biogenic feedbacks that are facilitating adjustment to relative sea-level rise (RSLR), including the sequestration of carbon and the trapping of mineral sediment1. The stability of reef-top habitats under RSLR is similarly linked to reef-derived sediment accumulation and the vertical accretion of protective coral reefs2. The persistence of these ecosystems under high rates of RSLR is contested3.