The UK has become the first nation to map and estimate the volume of carbon stored in its seabed habitats. The Blue Carbon Mapping Project suggests that 244 million tonnes of organic carbon are stored in the top 10cm of the UK’s seabeds and coastal habitats like saltmarshes and seagrass beds.  It’s estimated that every...

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