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Blue carbon is the carbon captured by the ocean and coastal ecosystems. It is stored in biomass or in sediments.
The main ecosystems storing carbon are seagrass beds, mangroves and salt marshes.

Blue Carbon

in danger

A multidisciplinary international

working group met in Monaco

from March 30 to April 1, 2017

to discuss blue carbon evaluation,

in partnership with Surface Ocean-

Lower Atmosphere Study (SOLAS)

and the Scientific Centre of Monaco

(CSM). It made public its conclusions

during Monaco Ocean Week.

© Mathieu Foulquié