Kira Krumhansl

May 22, 2024 | nature.com | Karen Filbee-Dexter |Thomas Wernberg |Carlos Duarte |Jorge Assis |Trine Bekkby |Michael T. Burrows | +11 more

AbstractThe coastal ocean represents an important global carbon sink and is a focus for interventions to mitigate climate change and meet the Paris Agreement targets while supporting biodiversity and other ecosystem functions. However, the fate of the flux of carbon exported from seaweed forests—the world’s largest coastal vegetated ecosystem—is a key unknown in marine carbon budgets.

Apr 6, 2024 | biorxiv.org | Jennifer McHenry |Daniel K. Okamoto |Karen Filbee-Dexter |Kira Krumhansl

AbstractKelp forests offer substantial carbon fixation, with the potential to contribute to natural climate solutions (NCS). However, to be included in national NCS inventories, governments must first quantify the kelp-derived carbon stocks and fluxes leading to carbon sequestration.