I'm a little confused by the phrasing on the climate angle here. Is it absorbing the carbon out of the ocean sediment? If so wouldn't that be bad for climate change? You'd functionally be taking...
I'm a little confused by the phrasing on the climate angle here.
Just as importantly, particularly in light of the current climate crisis, seagrass absorbs 10% of the carbon buried in ocean sediment every year, making it a brilliant weapon in the fight to halt the warming of the planet.
Is it absorbing the carbon out of the ocean sediment? If so wouldn't that be bad for climate change? You'd functionally be taking carbon fated for burial and sequestration and putting it back into the carbon cycle.
What seems more sensible to me is that it would absorb carbon out of the water and deposit it back into the sediment as it goes through its natural lifecycle.
Here’s another article that goes a bit more in depth on the importance of seagrass meadows: Gardens of Great Britain
I'm a little confused by the phrasing on the climate angle here.
Is it absorbing the carbon out of the ocean sediment? If so wouldn't that be bad for climate change? You'd functionally be taking carbon fated for burial and sequestration and putting it back into the carbon cycle.
What seems more sensible to me is that it would absorb carbon out of the water and deposit it back into the sediment as it goes through its natural lifecycle.
It's badly phrased, I think it means "seagrass is the source of 10% of all the carbon that gets sequestered in ocean sediment every year".