Exploring New Blue Carbon Plants for Sustainable Ecosystems

Yimin Chen; Changan Xu

doi:10.1016/j.tplants.2020.07.016

Exploring New Blue Carbon Plants for Sustainable Ecosystems

Trends Plant Sci. 2020 Nov;25(11):1067-1070. doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2020.07.016. Epub 2020 Aug 24.

Authors

Yimin Chen¹, Changan Xu²

Affiliations

¹ Engineering Technology Innovation Center for Marine Biological Resource Exploitation, Third Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Xiamen 361005, People's Republic of China. Electronic address: chenyimin@tio.org.cn.
² Engineering Technology Innovation Center for Marine Biological Resource Exploitation, Third Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Xiamen 361005, People's Republic of China. Electronic address: xuchangan@tio.org.cn.

PMID: 32855062
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2020.07.016

Abstract

Oceans harbor a large diversity of biocommunities that are promising yet undervalued for playing a role in carbon capture and storage (CCS). To counter the increasing global climate change, exploring new oceanic opportunities by the incorporation of new blue carbon (BC) plants for CCS may help in achieving sustainable ecosystems on which human society depends.

Keywords: blue carbon; carbon capture and storage; climate change; coral reefs; macroalgae; microalgae.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Carbon Dioxide
Carbon*
Climate Change
Ecosystem*
Plants

Substances

Carbon Dioxide
Carbon