With reference to 'Blue Carbon', which of the following statements is correct?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D. Carbon captured by coastal and marine ecosystems such as mangroves and seagrass beds
- Step 1: Blue carbon describes the atmospheric carbon dioxide captured and sequestered by coastal marine vegetated ecosystems.
- Step 2: Mangroves, tidal salt marshes, and seagrass meadows assimilate carbon through photosynthesis and sequester substantial carbon stores within their anaerobic sediment layers over millennial timescales.
Answer
Carbon captured by coastal and marine ecosystems such as mangroves and seagrass beds.
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