The carbon credit market's trickle of blue is going mainstream: marine-based projects that soak up carbon dioxide from the air into marshes, sea grasses, mangroves, and seaweeds are booming.
My piece for Yale E360 looks at two big trends: a scaling up of mangrove restoration projects, and an expansion of projects into new ecosystem types (like sea grass meadows).
https://e360.yale.edu/features/why-the-market-for-blue-carbon-credits-may-be-poised-to-take-off
The global scope for soaking up carbon isn't massive, but project managers get a lot of bang for their buck by investing in coastal landscapes: they soak up a lot of carbon per unit area, while also protecting shores from storms and floods, boosting biodiversity, and supporting local livelihoods.
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