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Hello,
NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries (ONMS) and Office for Coastal Management (OCM) are pleased to share the most recent publication in the ONMS Conservation Science Series Blue
Carbon in Marine Protected Areas with you. This third manuscript in the series illustrates the value of seafloor sediments, the largest non-fossil pool of organic carbon on the planet.
This third publication in the series <https://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/management/climate/blue-carbon.html> highlights the first systematic evaluation of carbon storage potential in North-Central
California and calculated the amount of organic carbon stored in marine sediments within a 5,855-square-mile area encompassing Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary (NMS), Cordell
Bank NMS, and the northern portion of Monterey Bay NMS. Muddy sediments in the area contained substantial amounts of stored carbon: approximately 9 million metric tons, which is equivalent
to the amount of carbon dioxide created from burning 3.5 billion gallons of gasoline, or driving over 7 million cars for a year.
This information can be applied as part of assessing submerged habitats for their potential to sequester and store carbon and to inform conservation and restoration actions, as well
as assessing how other human activities may affect the seafloor.
I hope you have a chance to look through these publication and learn more about the benefits national marine sanctuaries offer us.
Best,
Chris Butler-Minor (she/her)
Community Engagement Specialist
Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary <https://olympiccoast.noaa.gov/>
National Marine Sanctuary Foundation
for NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries
Chris.ButlerMinor@noaa.gov <mailto:chris.butlerminor@noaa.gov> | 360-406-2079
<https://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/earthisblue/earth-is-blue-logo-shadow.png> "Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean.“ – Ryunosuke Akutagawa