Sentences with phrase «particularly coastal wetlands»

This new publication summarizes a workshop that explored the potential to restore and manage coastal habitats, particularly coastal wetlands, as a viable carbon dioxide removal approach (often termed coastal blue carbon).

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Recent research suggests that healthy, intact coastal wetland ecosystems such as mangrove forests, tidal marshes and seagrass meadows are particularly good at drawing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and storing it for hundreds to thousands of years.

With the high scenario, loss of coastal wetlands is almost total, particularly in California.

Under the SRES scenarios, small islands are shown to be particularly vulnerable to coastal flooding and decreased extent of coastal vegetated wetlands (Nicholls, 2004).

Coastal zones are particularly vulnerable to sea - level rise and enhanced storms, facing serious impacts including: (1) inundation and displacement of wetlands and lowlands; (2) increased coastal erosion; (3) increased coastal storm flooding; and (4) salinization (Barth & Titus, 1984).

This IUCN report notes: «Recent research suggests that healthy, intact coastal wetland ecosystems such as mangrove forests, tidal marshes and seagrass meadows are particularly good at drawing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and storing it for hundreds of thousands of years.»