We Need Blue Carbon to Fight Climate Change
Blue Carbon has a massive impact on our climate change and is really needed.
Blue carbon should be protected for several important reasons, the ocean is the blue beating hard of our planet, it absorbs around a third of the CO2 we generate out of the atmosphere this has a massive, positive impact on climate change and needs to be protected. Coastal Blue Carbon habitats can play a key role in reducing greenhouse gases, but how?
The seagrass species absorb the carbon dioxide which was dissolved in the ocean as carbonic acid. Blue Carbon is Carbon Dioxide (CO2) stored in plants such as seagrass and Mangroves which can be found in coastal regions. They have the incredible ability to store five times more carbon than terrestrial plants, but not only on the inside, they can also transfer the carbon to the soil and the carbon can lie there for many thousands of years. These seagrass beds also contribute to water purification by absorbing excess nutrition and pollution.
Just like coral reefs, Blue Carbon not only absorbs the carbon Dioxide out of the ocean and air, but it is also an important ecosystem, because the Mangroves and seagrass regions are a necessary breeding place for many animals and fish.
Fish: Interesting fish species like Groupers and Mullets call the regions home.
Migratory birds: Birds such as Herons, Egrets, and shorebirds are attracted because of the numerous small fish which they can hunt on, but migratory birds only fish during a short period of time; in the annual migration.
Turtles and invertebrates: Lots of invertebrates such as shrimps, crabs and lobsters live in the Blue Carbon grass beds because it’s the perfect shelter for them. And of course, we have the Turtles which can be found mainly in coastal regions, and the reason why they live in Blue Carbon regions is because they use the seagrass as a main food source.
I personally think that the Blue Carbon regions are a very important part of nature as these underwater plants can store carbon five times more efficiently than normal plants and are an important habitat for many fish and bird species.