Carbon Sequestration and Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction in Aquatic Systems
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Water and Climate Change".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2023) | Viewed by 3000
Special Issue Editors
Interests: climate resilience; coastal management; aquatic ecology; water resources; rice production; nature-based solutions
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Dear Colleagues,
Aquatic systems, both natural (wetlands, lakes, rivers, estuaries, etc.) and artificial (rice fields, aquaculture ponds, wastewater treatment plants, etc.) are key elements of the earth’s landscape in terms of climate regulation. They have the capacity to sequester a significant amount of carbon but can also be considerable contributors of greenhouse gases (GHGs), such as methane, depending on how they are managed and restored. Thus, it is of great importance to investigate and demonstrate aquatic systems’ capacity to contribute to climate neutrality through applied research aimed at optimizing their carbon balance, biodiversity and other ecosystem services (water cycle regulation, water purification, food provisioning, etc.). This Special Issue welcomes papers considering the many dimensions of climate regulation related to aquatic systems, such as monitoring methods, carbon cycle modeling, ecosystem restoration, management of wetlands, rice fields and aquaculture ponds, large-scale GHG emission patterns, new techniques to reduce emissions and increase carbon sequestration, etc.
Dr. Carles Ibáñez
Dr. Nuno Caiola
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- carbon sequestration
- methane
- climate regulation
- wetlands
- rice fields
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