This new NSERC Alliance research program, led by Julia K. Baum together with 25 collaborators from 8 universities and 7 partner organizations, aims to evaluate the Current and Future Capacity for Natural Climate Solutions in Canada’s Oceans. Climate change is rapidly altering our natural ecosystems and solutions are urgently required to limit further warming. Coastal ecosystems, including salt marshes, seagrass meadows, kelp forests, and marine soft sediments are increasingly recognized as marine carbon reservoirs, also known as blue carbon. Our research will produce a nationwide assessment of the capacity for Canada’s oceans to serve as natural climate solutions. This project is endorsed by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO as part of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development
