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The Blue Hero

Have you ever faced a very hot day and wondered how the weather is getting hotter every year, all that caused by climate change.
Every day co2 and other greenhouse gasses being introduced to the atmosphere by human activities and that is the main reason for climate change, This graph shows the amount of co2 emission from 1900-2011.

Source: Boden, T.A., Marland, G., and Andres R.J. (2015). Global, Regional, and National Fossil-Fuel CO2Emissions. Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy, doi 10.3334/CDIAC/00001_V2015.

The Blue carbon our hero in this article we will get to know it and its role to face the climate change.
Blue carbon is referred to the carbon stored by the marine ecosystem like sea grass mangroves and salt marshes, these ecosystems store and keep carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gasses in the plant itself and sediment below, the amount of carbon dioxide stored in these ecosystems 10 times more by terrestrial ecosystem and this graph shows the amount of co2 can be trapped by These ecosystems.

Mean long-term rates of C sequestration (g C m−2 yr−1) in soils in terrestrial forests and sediments in vegetated coastal ecosystems. Error bars indicate maximum rates of accumulation. Note the logarithmic scale of the y-axis. (Source: Mcleod et al. 2011. A blueprint for blue carbon: toward an improved understanding of the role of vegetated coastal habitats in sequestering C02. Frontiers in Ecology 9(10): 552-560, DOI.)

the befits not only climate mitigation these habitats work as a water filter by trapping sediment and other unwanted materials and provide a healthy food supply for the surrounding wildlife terrestrial or marine communities, That helps the human by supplying him with sustainable foods supply and offers plenty of jobs in fishing or tourism.
The number of mangroves and salt marshes and seagrass decrease eyry year y human activities.
Coastal development (physical damage by building dams removal, and changes in hydrology and salinity regimes)
Declining water quality (increased levels in sediments, nutrients and pesticides)
Shipping and oil spills (increased levels of petrochemicals) Aquaculture (increased siltation, erosion and nutrients)
Disturbance events (severe weather events and invasion of pest

So keeping our environment safe and clean is not a luxury anymore cause it affects us directly. If it will fall we fall with it.

References:

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5.Alongi, D.M. and McKinnon, A.D. 2005, ‘The cycling and fate of terrestrially-derived sediments and nutrients in the coastal zone of the Great Barrier Reef shelf’, in Marine Pollution Bulletin, Catchment to Reef: Water Quality Issues in the Great Barrier Reef Region, eds P.A. Hutchings and D. Haynes, 51, 239-252pp.

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