Finnley Ross
A5021766710- Marine and coastal plant biology
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Coastal and Marine Dynamics
- Coastal and Marine Management
- Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
- Forest Management and Policy
- Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
- Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
Deakin University
2022-2024
Natural climate solutions are crucial interventions to help countries and companies achieve their net-zero carbon emissions ambitions. Blue ecosystems such as mangroves, seagrasses, tidal marshes have attracted particular attention for ability sequester store at densities that can far exceed other ecosystems. The science of blue is now clear, there substantial interest from individuals who wish offset greenhouse gas they cannot otherwise reduce. We characterise the rapid recent rise in...
Abstract Marine kelp forests cover 1/3 of our world's coastlines, are heralded as a nature-based solution to address socio-environmental issues, connect hundreds millions people with the ocean, and support rich web biodiversity throughout oceans. But they increasingly threatened some areas reporting over 90% declines in forest living memory. Despite their importance threats face, entirely absent from international conservation dialogue. No laws, policies, or targets focus on very few...
There have been discussions of scaling up offshore seaweed cultivation and sinking it exclusively for carbon sequestration (‘ocean afforestation’) thereby help mitigate climate change, but is this concept feasible? Here we investigate the feasibility ocean afforestation across five perspectives: 1) Ecological feasibility; 2) Technical 3) Economic 4) Co-benefits risks; 5) Governance social considerations. Optimising ecological factors such as species selection use currents, alongside low-cost...
South Korea has made significant commitments to pursuing marine carbon sequestration [including ‘blue carbon’] initiatives as part of its broader environmental and climate strategies. Specifically, the Korean government set a target sequester 1,362,000 tonnes CO₂ in ocean by 2050 national strategy. Here, leveraging available data, we outline potential measures achieve this goal, provide critical insights into scale feasibility inform policymakers industry stakeholders. We investigated wide...
ABSTRACTThe scale at which New Zealand is currently storing and sequestering blue carbon, could create additional carbon via restoration, has been unclear. Here, we calculate a preliminary estimate for the current extent of three key ecosystems (saltmarshes, mangrove forests seagrass meadows), their stocks sequestration rates using best available data to provide in Zealand. We also use local examples explore opportunities carbon. Based on literature, Zealand's be 76,152 ha, 1.0% area...