Population flooded in coastal areas in 2080

Carbon cycle

Blue and green carbon process.Oceans are crucial in the global carbon cycle. It was here where life first evolved; they are the source of…

Green Carbon

45% of green carbon stored in natural terrestrial ecosystems and the remaining 55% is captured by living organisms in oceans and ocean's blue carbon…

Number of disasters per year

Trends in number of reported disasters. Much of the increase in the number of hazardous events reported is probably due to significant improvements in…

Oceans carbon fluxes

An important role played by the ocean is the storage and exchange of CO2 with the atmosphere, and its diffusion toward deeper layers. At…

Coral reefs

Distribution of the world's coral reefs. Oceans blue carbon sinks, along with coral reefs and kelp communities, all fulfill very important functions in the…

Sea level anomalies

Melting and warming will have consequences on ocean circulation. Additionally melting of inland glaciers and continental ice sheets on Greenland and Antarctica, and the…

Southern Ocean carbon sink change

The Southern Oceans are recognized as an important carbon sink currently taking up approximately 15% of anthropogenic CO2. Models predict that as the atmospheric…

Blue carbon sink burial rates A

The capacity of ocean's blue carbon sinks (tons of carbon per hectare per year).

Blue carbon sink burial rates B

The capacity of ocean's blue carbon sinks (total annual blue carbon sink burial rates).