With the running International week, here in Arendal, yesterday We had a very interesting seminar on Climate change. Though it was in Norwegian and we can only get the overview of what they are talking about, one the new thing i got to know is about Blue Carbon. While every one was talking about the Green Carbon, one important concept of Blue Carbon was introduce and I really think can't be ignored. So, I went on studying about it and found that Blue Carbon was all about "The role of Healthy Oceans in binding Carbon".It is the carbon captured by the world's oceans and represents more than 55 percent of the green carbon. The Living organisms in oceans stores carbon in the form of sediments from mangroves, salt marshes and seagrasses. Planktons, marine viruses and bacteria and other microbial organism play a important role on Carbon cycle. i was Surprised to discover the fact that More than 36.5 gigatonnes of CarbonDioxide is captured by planktonic algae through photosynthesis each year out of which 0.5Gt C per year is stored in Sea bed.
Vegetated coastal habitats- mangrove forests, salt-marshes and seagrass meadows having large carbon sink capacity are experiencing a steep global decline. One of the study by Duarte et al. suggest that the world is losing its coastal habitat four times faster than rain forest and the rate of loss is accelarating. This facts concluded to consider those type of coastal habitat on a separate heading Blue Carbon.
Even though the confrence was concluded on a hope that a upcoming generation, Youth's can do some thing and they can seal the deal in copenhagen at end of this year, a small piece of insecurity stricked in my mind through out the remaining part of day which could not be washed out even by the short dinner party afterwards..............
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