Coastal ecosystems release or absorb carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O), but the net effects of these ecosystems on the radiative balance remain unknown. We compiled a dataset of observations from 738 sites from studies published between 1975 and 2020 to quantify CO2, CH4 and N2O fluxes in estuaries and coastal vegetation in ten global regions. We show that the CO2-equivalent (CO2e) uptake by coastal vegetation is decreased by 23–27% due to estuarine CO2e outgassing, resulting in a global median net sink of 391 or 444 TgCO2e yr−1 using the 20- or 100-year global warming potentials, respectively. Globally, total coastal CH4 and N2O emissions decrease the coastal CO2 sink by 9–20%. Southeast Asia, North America and Africa are critical regional hotspots of GHG sinks. Understanding these hotspots can guide our efforts to strengthen coastal CO2 uptake while effectively reducing CH4 and N2O emissions.
Rosentreter J.A., Laruelle G.G., Bange H.W., Bianchi T.S., Busecke J.J.M., Cai W.-J., Eyre B.D., Forbrich I., Kwon E.Y., Maavara T., Moosdorf N., Najjar R.G., Sarma V.V.S.S., Van Dam B. and Regnier P. (2023) Coastal vegetation and estuaries are collectively a greenhouse gas sink. Nature Climate Change 13(6): 579-587. 10.1038/s41558-023-01682-9
@article{Rosentreter2023,
Title = {Coastal vegetation and estuaries are collectively a greenhouse gas sink},
Author = {Rosentreter, Judith A. and Laruelle, Goulven G. and Bange, Hermann W. and Bianchi, Thomas S. and Busecke, Julius J. M. and Cai, Wei-Jun and Eyre, Bradley D. and Forbrich, Inke and Kwon, Eun Young and Maavara, Taylor and Moosdorf, Nils and Najjar, Raymond G. and Sarma, V. V. S. S. and Van Dam, Bryce and Regnier, Pierre},
Editor = {},
Journal = {Nature Climate Change},
Year = {2023},
Pages = {579-587},
Volume = {13},
Doi = {10.1038/s41558-023-01682-9},
Abstract = {Coastal ecosystems release or absorb carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O), but the net effects of these ecosystems on the radiative balance remain unknown. We compiled a dataset of observations from 738 sites from studies published between 1975 and 2020 to quantify CO2, CH4 and N2O fluxes in estuaries and coastal vegetation in ten global regions. We show that the CO2-equivalent (CO2e) uptake by coastal vegetation is decreased by 23–27% due to estuarine CO2e outgassing, resulting in a global median net sink of 391 or 444 TgCO2e yr−1 using the 20- or 100-year global warming potentials, respectively. Globally, total coastal CH4 and N2O emissions decrease the coastal CO2 sink by 9–20%. Southeast Asia, North America and Africa are critical regional hotspots of GHG sinks. Understanding these hotspots can guide our efforts to strengthen coastal CO2 uptake while effectively reducing CH4 and N2O emissions.},
}
TY - JOUR
AU - Rosentreter, Judith A.
AU - Laruelle, Goulven G.
AU - Bange, Hermann W.
AU - Bianchi, Thomas S.
AU - Busecke, Julius J. M.
AU - Cai, Wei-Jun
AU - Eyre, Bradley D.
AU - Forbrich, Inke
AU - Kwon, Eun Young
AU - Maavara, Taylor
AU - Moosdorf, Nils
AU - Najjar, Raymond G.
AU - Sarma, V. V. S. S.
AU - Van Dam, Bryce
AU - Regnier, Pierre
TI - Coastal vegetation and estuaries are collectively a greenhouse gas sink
T2 - Nature Climate Change
PY - 2023
SP - 579-587
VL - 13
DO - 10.1038/s41558-023-01682-9
AB - Coastal ecosystems release or absorb carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O), but the net effects of these ecosystems on the radiative balance remain unknown. We compiled a dataset of observations from 738 sites from studies published between 1975 and 2020 to quantify CO2, CH4 and N2O fluxes in estuaries and coastal vegetation in ten global regions. We show that the CO2-equivalent (CO2e) uptake by coastal vegetation is decreased by 23–27% due to estuarine CO2e outgassing, resulting in a global median net sink of 391 or 444 TgCO2e yr−1 using the 20- or 100-year global warming potentials, respectively. Globally, total coastal CH4 and N2O emissions decrease the coastal CO2 sink by 9–20%. Southeast Asia, North America and Africa are critical regional hotspots of GHG sinks. Understanding these hotspots can guide our efforts to strengthen coastal CO2 uptake while effectively reducing CH4 and N2O emissions.
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