What ecological term designates the coastal mangrove forests, salt marshes, and seagrass beds capable of sequestering carbon in marine sediments?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. Blue carbon
- Step 1: Recall the environmental classification for carbon captured by marine and coastal ecosystems.
- Step 2: Blue carbon refers to atmospheric carbon dioxide captured and stored in biomass and sediments by coastal wetlands, mangroves, and seagrasses, highly prioritized in UAE climate targets.
Answer
Blue carbon.
Why not the others: Green carbon is stored in terrestrial forests; Brown carbon refers to greenhouse gas-absorbing organic aerosols; Black carbon is soot produced from incomplete combustion.
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