Seminar: "Estuarine wetland restoration: a trade-off between carbon sequestration, methane emissions, and soil accretion", by Ariane Arias

The Oceans's Challenge groups are organizing a new seminar.
 

Seminar: "Estuarine wetland restoration: a trade-off between carbon sequestration, methane emissions, and soil accretion".

Speaker: Ariane Arias, MERS group researcher

Date: Thursday, November 23rd 2023
Time: 1pm
Venue: Room Z/033 and online https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81681944336?pwd=VlpBNnl6M1l3cUJaN3BROTI3N1I3Zz09
 

Support for coastal wetland restoration projects that consider carbon storage as a climate mitigation benefit is growing as coastal wetlands are sites of substantial carbon sequestration. However, the climate footprint of wetland restoration remains controversial as wetlands can also be large sources of methane. This talk focuses specifically on the carbon flows into and out of three restored wetlands in the San Francisco Bay-Delta that differ in salinity, tidal influence, and landscape configuration. By understanding the balance between carbon burial, carbon emissions and hydrologic carbon export in various restored wetlands we can provide insights into the benefits and tradeoffs of coastal wetland restoration for climate change mitigation, and perhaps, advise how to optimally design wetland restoration projects to maximize carbon uptake and minimize greenhouse gas production.
 

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