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Bringing Wetlands to Market: the Power of Blue Carbon in a Changing Climate (Episode 137)

Bringing Wetlands to Market: the Power of Blue Carbon in a Changing Climate (Episode 137)

Update: 2016-08-04
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Money does not grow on trees, but it could be growing in our coastal salt marshes and sea grass beds. A team of researchers is working at Waquoit Bay Research Reserve on Cape Cod in Massachusetts on the "Bringing Wetlands to Market" project to study the connections between coastal wetlands, carbon dioxide uptake and storage, and the global carbon trading economy. Wetlands have the potential to serve as valuable assets in carbon trading markets – but only if we protect them, and don't dig up the treasure!



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Bringing Wetlands to Market: the Power of Blue Carbon in a Changing Climate (Episode 137)

Bringing Wetlands to Market: the Power of Blue Carbon in a Changing Climate (Episode 137)

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