Natural carbon uptake by ocean biology will not deliver credible carbon credits

Bach, Lennart T., Williamson, Phillip, House, Joanna I. and Boyd, Philip W. (2025) Natural carbon uptake by ocean biology will not deliver credible carbon credits. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. ISSN 2662-138X

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Abstract

Natural CO 2 removal is increasingly being claimed as anthropogenic climate mitigation. This misrepresentation is already prevalent for forests and coastal ecosystems; there is now the risk of the error reoccurring for open-ocean CO 2 uptake via the biological carbon pump.

Item Type: Article
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences
University of East Anglia Research Groups/Centres > Theme - ClimateUEA
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Depositing User: LivePure Connector
Date Deposited: 24 Nov 2025 14:30
Last Modified: 26 Nov 2025 09:30
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/101092
DOI: 10.1038/s43017-025-00741-3

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