Letter/Communication
Multi-scale observations of mangrove blue carbon ecosystem fluxes: The NASA Carbon Monitoring System BlueFlux field campaign
Environmental research letters, Vol.18(7), 75009
10/07/2023
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Abstract
The BlueFlux field campaign, supported by NASA's Carbon Monitoring System, will develop prototype blue carbon products to inform coastal carbon management. While blue carbon has been suggested as a nature-based climate solution (NBS) to remove carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere, these ecosystems also release additional greenhouse gases (GHGs) such as methane (CH4) and are sensitive to disturbances including hurricanes and sea-level rise. To understand blue carbon as an NBS, BlueFlux is conducting multi-scale measurements of CO2 and CH4 fluxes across coastal landscapes, combined with long-term carbon burial, in Southern Florida using chambers, flux towers, and aircraft combined with remote-sensing observations for regional upscaling. During the first deployment in April 2022, CO2 uptake and CH4 emissions across the Everglades National Park averaged −4.9 ± 4.7 μmol CO2 m−2 s−1 and 19.8 ± 41.1 nmol CH4 m−2 s−1, respectively. When scaled to the region, mangrove CH4 emissions offset the mangrove CO2 uptake by about 5% (assuming a 100 year CH4 global warming potential of 28), leading to total net uptake of 31.8 Tg CO2-eq y−1. Subsequent field campaigns will measure diurnal and seasonal changes in emissions and integrate measurements of long-term carbon burial to develop comprehensive annual and long-term GHG budgets to inform blue carbon as a climate solution.
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- Title
- Multi-scale observations of mangrove blue carbon ecosystem fluxes: The NASA Carbon Monitoring System BlueFlux field campaign
- Creators
- Benjamin Poulter - Goddard Space Flight CenterFrancis M Adams-Metayer - Yale UniversityCibele Amaral - University of Colorado BoulderAbigail Barenblitt - Goddard Space Flight CenterAnthony Campbell - Goddard Space Flight CenterSean P Charles - East Carolina UniversityRosa Maria Roman-Cuesta - European University InstituteRocco D’Ascanio - Yale UniversityErin R Delaria - Goddard Space Flight CenterCheryl Doughty - Goddard Space Flight CenterTemilola Fatoyinbo - Goddard Space Flight CenterJonathan Gewirtzman - Yale UniversityThomas F Hanisco - Goddard Space Flight CenterMoshema Hull - Yale UniversityS Randy Kawa - Goddard Space Flight CenterReem Hannun - Goddard Space Flight CenterDavid Lagomasino - East Carolina UniversityLeslie Lait - National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationSparkle L Malone - Yale UniversityPaul A Newman - Goddard Space Flight CenterPeter Raymond - Yale UniversityJudith A Rosentreter - Southern Cross UniversityNathan Thomas - Goddard Space Flight CenterDerrick Vaughn - Yale UniversityGlenn M Wolfe - Goddard Space Flight CenterLin Xiong - East Carolina UniversityQing Ying - University of Maryland, College ParkZhen Zhang - University of Maryland, College Park
- Publication Details
- Environmental research letters, Vol.18(7), 75009
- Publisher
- IOP Publishing
- Number of pages
- 14
- Grant note
- NASA Carbon Monitoring System / NASA
- Identifiers
- 991013125924102368
- Copyright
- © 2023 The Author(s). Published by IOP Publishing Ltd. Original content from this work may be used under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license.
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Science and Engineering
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Letter/Communication