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The future of Blue Carbon science

Overview of attention for article published in Nature Communications, September 2019
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5 news outlets
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5 blogs
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2 policy sources
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266 X users
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3 Facebook pages
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3 Wikipedia pages

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Title
The future of Blue Carbon science
Published in
Nature Communications, September 2019
DOI 10.1038/s41467-019-11693-w
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Authors

Peter I. Macreadie, Andrea Anton, John A. Raven, Nicola Beaumont, Rod M. Connolly, Daniel A. Friess, Jeffrey J. Kelleway, Hilary Kennedy, Tomohiro Kuwae, Paul S. Lavery, Catherine E. Lovelock, Dan A. Smale, Eugenia T. Apostolaki, Trisha B. Atwood, Jeff Baldock, Thomas S. Bianchi, Gail L. Chmura, Bradley D. Eyre, James W. Fourqurean, Jason M. Hall-Spencer, Mark Huxham, Iris E. Hendriks, Dorte Krause-Jensen, Dan Laffoley, Tiziana Luisetti, Núria Marbà, Pere Masque, Karen J. McGlathery, J. Patrick Megonigal, Daniel Murdiyarso, Bayden D. Russell, Rui Santos, Oscar Serrano, Brian R. Silliman, Kenta Watanabe, Carlos M. Duarte

Abstract

The term Blue Carbon (BC) was first coined a decade ago to describe the disproportionately large contribution of coastal vegetated ecosystems to global carbon sequestration. The role of BC in climate change mitigation and adaptation has now reached international prominence. To help prioritise future research, we assembled leading experts in the field to agree upon the top-ten pending questions in BC science. Understanding how climate change affects carbon accumulation in mature BC ecosystems and during their restoration was a high priority. Controversial questions included the role of carbonate and macroalgae in BC cycling, and the degree to which greenhouse gases are released following disturbance of BC ecosystems. Scientists seek improved precision of the extent of BC ecosystems; techniques to determine BC provenance; understanding of the factors that influence sequestration in BC ecosystems, with the corresponding value of BC; and the management actions that are effective in enhancing this value. Overall this overview provides a comprehensive road map for the coming decades on future research in BC science.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 1386 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 218 16%
Student > Ph. D. Student 180 13%
Student > Master 154 11%
Student > Bachelor 131 9%
Other 60 4%
Other 198 14%
Unknown 445 32%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Environmental Science 369 27%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 194 14%
Earth and Planetary Sciences 129 9%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 33 2%
Engineering 25 2%
Other 119 9%
Unknown 517 37%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 240. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 01 February 2024.
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#157,706
of 25,563,770 outputs
Outputs from Nature Communications
#2,231
of 57,632 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#3,028
of 351,199 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Nature Communications
#47
of 1,462 outputs
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