Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP180101285

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP180101285

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Beyond burial: redefining the blue carbon paradigm. This project aims to constrain the magnitude and drivers of alkalinity and greenhouse gas fluxes in mangroves. Mangroves cover less than 0.03 per cent of the Earth’s surface yet account for approximately 14 per cent of oceanic carbon burial. Mangroves also export alkalinity to the coastal ocean, and act as sources of methane and nitrous oxide. The effect of these fluxes on climate may exceed carbon burial by several-fold, but are unaccounted for in blue carbon budgets. This project will couple high-resolution radionuclide geochronology of soil carbon cycling with autonomous measurements of aquatic exports and greenhouse gas fluxes. This study will provide the detailed data required to refine the blue carbon paradigm.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 12-03-2018

End Date: 31-03-2022

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $436,936.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Geochemistry | Chemical Oceanography | Carbon Sequestration Science | Isotope Geochemistry

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Environmental Sciences | Ecosystem Assessment and Management of Coastal and Estuarine Environments | Physical and Chemical Conditions of Water in Coastal and Estuarine Environments |

Other Keywords

Carbon Sequestration Science | Chemical Oceanography | Ecosystem Assessment and Management of Coastal and Estuarine Environments | Expanding Knowledge in the Environmental Sciences | Geochemistry | Isotope Geochemistry | Physical and Chemical Conditions of Water in Coastal and Estuarine Environments

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