Canada's Seabeds Could Hold Billions of Tonnes of Carbon
Cold and seemingly devoid of life, muddy seabeds have largely been ignored as Canada moves to double its share of oceans under protection to 30% of its exclusive economic zone by the end of the decade.
But according to a new study published in the journal FACETS, those assumptions are wildly off base.
The study - which brought researchers together from the University of Victoria, Fisheries and Oceans Canada and Oceans North - says when Canada is expanding marine conservation areas, it should consider including more carbon-rich sea beds...
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