Science 20 December 2024 Blue carbon in coastal ecosystems. Interview with Christine Dupuy In Earth’s waters lies ‘blue carbon’, captured and stored in the sedimentary layers of coastal ecosystems. Similar to the Amazon rainforests, often dubbed ‘the lungs of the planet’, which are slowly disappearing year after year, these ecosystems are among the most threatened on the planet, with between 340,000 and 980,000 hectares being destroyed each year. Christine Dupuy, professor, researcher and ...More about
