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

Bach, Lennart T., Williamson, Phillip ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4149-5110, House, Joanna I. and Boyd, Philip W. (2025) Natural carbon uptake by ocean biology will not deliver credible carbon credits. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, 6 (12). pp. 767-768. 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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Date Deposited: 24 Nov 2025 14:30
Last Modified: 18 Jun 2026 20:46
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/101092
DOI: 10.1038/s43017-025-00741-3

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