Carbon is both the cause and the source of potential mitigation of our changing climate. Research on carbon cycling has implications for policy and the resilience of our communities. Blue carbon ecosystems—tidal marshes, mangroves, and seagrasses—and forests are key ecosystems that sequester carbon. Learn about blue and green carbon research and relevant policy implications from researchers at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center’s  Biogeochemistry Lab and BiodiversiTREE project.

Moderator:

• Tuck Hines, CRC Board Member & Director of SERC

Speakers:

• Patrick Megonigal, Associate Director for Research, Principal Investigator, SERC
• John Parker, Principal Investigator, Senior Scientist, SERC