Master’s students from the Blue Carbon Lab are investigating the impacts of tidal restriction and tidal reinstatement on saltmarsh sediments. Saltmarshes are unique intertidal systems that serve as important habitat for native biodiversity, while also sequestering significant amounts of carbon. Due to their carbon sequestration ability, saltmarshes are vital nature-based assets in the fight againstRead more
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Scientists from the Blue Carbon Lab have begun measuring ebullition from retired sewage treatment freshwater ponds #EbullitionMission In 2019 we sampled a freshwater pond at one of our Victorian Coastal Wetland Restoration sites and found large amounts of methane being released. We wanted to know more about how the gas was being released, so weRead more
Blue Carbon Lab’s scientists undertook intensive seagrass fieldwork to understand the factors that structure seagrass food web as part of the Global Seagrass Survey led by the Smithsonian Institution’s MarineGeo program. Photosynthetically Active Radiation (PAR) reaches Earth 8 minutes and 20 seconds after leaving the Sun’s photosphere and turns into energy flux that is necessaryRead more
Date: Feb 8, 2020 Participants: Friends of Hobsons Bay Wetland Centre Site: Hobsons Bay, Victoria Research: Variability of Blue Carbon stocks and recovery capacity of three common saltmarsh species The Blue Carbon Lab celebrated World Wetlands Day 2020 with a citizen science day at Hobsons Bay Wetland Centre. The Citizen Science day began at theRead more
On January 2020, the #VicWetlandRehab team was back on our Western Port site to continue monitoring work! Due to the devastating bushfires that were burning in south eastern Victoria, field work conditions were very smoky. The site was very dry compared to when we were there in October 2019. The team was out in theRead more
The Blue Carbon Lab headed back down to Avalon in mid-November 2019 to continue to monitor gas fluxes from the 6 different types of vegetated coastal ecosystems. The ecosystems monitored included tussock, shrubland, hypersaline, herbland, coastal dry and salt ponds. The team is monitoring a total of 54 plots, taking soil greenhouse gas measurements everyRead more
In early November 2019, Wadawurrung Aboriginal Corporation (WAC) hosted an On Country meeting at Point Lillias to discuss management options with project partners. The team took this opportunity to walk around the site to identify areas that are an issue, and discuss different management options to protect important cultural heritage sites and improve native biodiversity.Read more
Director of the Bue Carbon Lab, Peter Macreadie joins efforts to demonstrate the importance of Maldivian mangroves and seagrass meadows. Invited by the Maldives Underwater Initiative (Six Senses Laamu), Peter Macreadie recently visited the Maldives to support local efforts to highlight the ecosystem services provided by coastal wetlands. Similar to several Indo-Pacific islands, Maldives isRead more
Date: October 25, 2019 Participants: HSBC, QBE, BCD travel Site: Towra Point, Sydney Research: Variability of Blue Carbon stocks across coastal vegetated systems Mangroves, saltmarsh, swamp oaks …… the #BlueCarbonArmy sampled it all! Our hot and sunny Citizen Science day began at the HSBC’s Barangaroo office where HSBC, Earthwatch, and the Blue Carbon Lab gaveRead more
Spring Sampling for BRP Victorian Coastal Wetland Restoration Program Last week, Sept 30 to Oct 03 the #VicWetlandRehab team headed to our Gippsland Lakes and Western Port rehabilitation sites to continue pre-restoration surveys. The team collected greenhouse gas (carbon dioxide and methane) flux measurements, soil cores for carbon stock analysis, and vegetation surveys. In Gippsland,Read more
