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The lesser of two weevils: Investigating bug diversity and distribution at a coastal wetland restoration site

By Tallulah Davey | News, Fieldwork, Labwork | Comments are Closed | 25 June, 2024 | 14

A unique opportunity to explore bug diversity Avalon Coastal Complex – just north of Geelong, Victoria – was historically full of thriving coastal wetlands, with vast saltmarshes, natural mudflats and seagrass meadows just offshore. However, many of these coastal ecosystems were lost due to the construction of a large-scale salt works, when much of theRead more

#RegenOurCoasts: Two years of community efforts and exciting findings

By phebe | Citizen Science, #ReGenOurCoasts, Fieldwork, News | Comments are Closed | 31 May, 2024 | 5

Project PageStorymap As we wrap up our second year, we reflect on exciting steps forward, lessons learned and community connections for our Regenerating Our Coasts program.   Join our quest to explore how biodegradable, 3D-printed structures can be used to rejuvenate coastlines across Western Port and Port Phillip Bays (Victoria).  Muddy boots & established roots: AnRead more

Seeds of change: Uniting communities for coastal restoration at the Boollam Boollam Willum Festival

By Blue Carbon Lab | #ReGenOurCoasts, Citizen Science, Fieldwork | Comments are Closed | 18 April, 2024 | 2

On April 12th, our #ReGenOurCoast team participated in the Boollam Boollam Willum Cultural and Biodiversity Festival, organised by Hobson’s Bay City Council at Truganina Park. This festival was a celebration of First Nations culture and connecting with nature, highlighting the great conservation efforts to preserve biodiversity in the area. Through the many stalls and activities,Read more

Emissions be dammed: Using floating greenhouse gas sensors to inform farm dam emissions management

By Blue Carbon Lab | Fieldwork | Comments are Closed | 30 June, 2023 | 20

Farm dams in Australia have recorded some of the highest greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions per m2 among freshwater environments (Ollivier et al. 2018). Farm dam emissions represent a notable portion of overall agriculture emissions in Australia and are further exacerbated by fertiliser and manure run-off which increase nutrient loads, creating ideal conditions to produce greenhouseRead more

Remove the Hooves: How fencing off a paddock to exclude sheep in the Gippsland Lakes will lead to blue carbon gains

By Blue Carbon Lab | News, Fieldwork, VicWetlandRehab | Comments are Closed | 20 June, 2023 | 15

The Blue Carbon Lab is excited to announce a new 200+ ha restoration project that will demonstrate the potential of fencing to exclude livestock from marginal farmland as a scalable, replicable, and low-cost strategy to restore blue carbon ecosystems. The project aims to remove key threats to tidal marsh and supratidal swamp forests, increase biodiversityRead more

Revealing the carbon mitigation potential from Seychelles’ mangrove forests

By Blue Carbon Lab | Fieldwork | Comments are Closed | 13 June, 2023 | 11

Mangrove forests play a key role in climate change mitigation and adaptation, globally recognised as ‘Natural Climate Solutions’ (NCS). However, they, along with other blue carbon ecosystems, have experienced worldwide decline due to pressures from human activity such as land-use change, pollution, and overexploitation. For these coastal ecosystems to meaningfully mitigate impacts of climate changeRead more

Greenhouse gas analysis on the go: A new and improved way to detERMIne emissions

By Blue Carbon Lab | Fieldwork | Comments are Closed | 1 May, 2023 | 10

Coastal wetland ecosystems, including saltmarsh, mangrove forests and seagrass meadows, play a crucial role in adapting and mitigating the impacts of climate change. Coastal wetlands store large amounts of carbon, also known as blue carbon, in their soils and vegetation- making them important carbon sinks. The protection and restoration of these ecosystems can help reduceRead more

Training Seychellois to monitor their blue carbon future

By Blue Carbon Lab | News, Fieldwork | Comments are Closed | 20 April, 2022 | 0

More than 30 scientists from Seychelles participated in a blue carbon technical workshop aimed at demonstrating state-of-the-art sampling techniques to quantify and monitor blue carbon stocks. Blue carbon is the carbon stored in marine ecosystems such as mangrove forests, seagrass meadows and saltmarshes. These ecosystems are one of the world’s most efficient natural carbon sinks,Read more

Farm Dam Fieldwork

By Blue Carbon Lab | Fieldwork, News | Comments are Closed | 11 June, 2021 | 5

Farm dam fieldwork 🐮🤠 Only a few days before the onset of Melbourne lockdown, two intrepid BCL members, Noyan and Pawel, completed a remarkable fieldwork campaign to measure farm dam emissions across the South-East of Australia. After visiting 64 farm dams and collecting 268,012 observations, we now have a massive dataset to analyse methane andRead more

Remembering David Rhodes

By Blue Carbon Lab | Fieldwork, VicWetlandRehab | Comments are Closed | 22 January, 2021 | 2

It is with great sadness the unexpected passing of David Rhodes (November 19, 1958 – December 5, 2020).  Dave was the director and senior archaeologist at Heritage Insight Pty Ltd, which he founded in 2000 and is one of the longest-running cultural heritage management companies in Victoria. Dave was responsible for all aspects of theRead more

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