Wetland carbon storage controlled by millennial-scale variation in relative sea-level rise

• Published in: Nature (London) Vol. 567; no. 7746; pp. 91 - 95
• Main Authors: Rogers, Kerrylee, Kelleway, Jeffrey J., Saintilan, Neil, Megonigal, J. Patrick, Adams, Janine B., Holmquist, James R., Lu, Meng, Schile-Beers, Lisa, Zawadzki, Atun, Mazumder, Debashish, Woodroffe, Colin D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.03.2019; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 631/158/2165; 704/47/4113; Accommodation; Accumulation; Analysis; Burial; Carbon; Carbon - analysis; Carbon - metabolism; Carbon Sequestration; Climate change; Climate effects; Climate models; Coasts; Collapse; Decomposition; Ecosystems; Environmental aspects; Feedback; Geologic Sediments - chemistry; Global climate; Global temperature changes; History, Ancient; Holocene; Humanities and Social Sciences; Letter; Mining accidents & safety; multidisciplinary; Oceans and Seas; Organic carbon; Preservation; Production management; Salt marshes; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Sea level; Sea level changes; Sea level rise; Sea level variations; Seawater - analysis; Sedimentation & deposition; Sediments; Soil carbon; Soil erosion; Soil stability; Tidal marshes; Trends; Wetlands; New York; Australia; United States > US; Europe

Coastal wetlands (mangrove, tidal marsh and seagrass) sustain the highest rates of carbon sequestration per unit area of all natural systems 1 , 2 , primarily because of their comparatively high productivity and preservation of organic carbon within sedimentary substrates 3 . Climate change and asso...