searching for solutions for Carbon-sequestration in coastal ecosystems - sea4soCiety 2.0

A climate-neutral society, or 'net-zero', is the goal that Germany aims to achieve by 2045. This requires a significant reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. Additionally, reliable and sustainable measures must be implemented to remove CO₂ from the atmosphere (carbon dioxide removal, CDR) and store carbon. Coastal vegetated ecosystems (CVEs) are among the most potent natural carbon pools. The term 'blue carbon' is used to describe the storage of carbon in oceans and coastal areas. sea4soCiety 2.0 and the UHH subproject provide interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary support for developing innovative approaches to increase the carbon uptake and sequestration potential of coastal ecosystems by expanding their area and improving their environmental conditions in Germany and worldwide.

The UHH subproject is focusing on establishing vegetation proxies to predict carbon stocks and sequestration rates in coastal ecosystems under various degradation and restoration conditions, as well as investigating the temporal development of (re)established coastal ecosystems.