Date: May 23, 2019 Participants: HSBC, Allens law firm, QBE insurance, Aesop Site: Stony Creek, Melbourne Research: Quantifying Blue Carbon gains from mangrove restoration Citizen Scientists take part of Mangrove Restoration research! Mangrove ecosystems have the ability to capture atmospheric carbon dioxide and help us fight climate change. In big cities where carbon emissions reachRead more
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Date: May 16 and May 17, 2019 Participants: HSBC, Qantas, QBE, ANZ, EY, Next DC, Allens, Frasers Property, DHL Site: Towra Point, Sydney Research: Variability of Blue Carbon stocks across coastal vegetated systems Beautiful sunny days for both of our back-to-back trips at Towra Point. The days started early at HSBC’s Barangaroo office where HSBC,Read more
The Blue Carbon Lab has joined global efforts to understand the seagrass- bivalves -bacteria symbiosis and its role in preserving seagrass ecosystems. The global study led by Dr Jim de Fouw is investigating the nature of the interaction between (1) seagrasses, (2) lucinid bivalves and (3) bacteria found in coastal zones around the world. RecentRead more
Scientists from the Blue Carbon Lab have begun initial work for the Victorian Coastal Wetland Project. Earlier this year we worked closely with Coastcare and Wadawurrung to develop a traditional owner engagement plan for the project. We will be assisting the Wadawurrung with their plan to protect numerous important cultural heritage sites around Pt. Lillias.Read more
Date: April 8, 2019 Participants: HSBC, KPMG, Woodside energy, ANZ, AusPost, Ernst & Young Site: Stony Creek Backwash, Melbourne Research: Quantifying Blue Carbon gains from mangrove restoration From wasteland to wetland ! The day in the field kicked-off with Steve Wilson, president of Friends of Stony Creek, who introduced participants to the history and ecologyRead more
Date: April 4, 2019 Participants: HSBC, Department of Conservation NZ Site: Pt Chevalier, Auckland Research: Quantifying Blue Carbon gains for mangrove expansion Citizen Scientists take part in NZ coring campaign! Auckland mangrove forests have expanded due to the high sediment load and low water flow within the bays. Although they are often seen like aRead more
Date: March 19, 2019 Participants: HSBC, Green Collar, Cairns Airport Site: Towra Point Nature Reserve, Sydney Research: Effects of Nutrient run-off on Blue Carbon stocks and fluxes Our Nutrient experiment comes to an end! The experiment, which looked at the effects of nutrient run-off on Blue Carbon stocks and fluxes, was set by citizen scientistsRead more
For the last six months the BCL has been surrounded by enthusiastic volunteers, both current students and graduates, who have given us a hand with Blue Carbon research. Some volunteers helped Pawel collect hundreds of soil cores. There was a lot of sinking mud, Victoria heat, and rolling thunderstorms. Some of them, Miles and Sam,Read more
Our Citizen Science program went international! The Blue Carbon Lab travelled to Auckland’s estuaries (Hobson Bay and Bayswater) to study the fast expansion of New Zealand ‘hobbit’ mangroves. Along NIWA scientists, Dr Carolyn Lundquist and Dr Richard Bulmer, participants collected deep soil cores (> 1m deep) and took diverse mangrove measurements along a 100 mRead more
Kick-off for the HSBC Citizen Science program in Melbourne! Blue Carbon research was conducted in Jawbone, a small coastal reserve located 30 min from the CBD. Activities were led by scientists from the Blue Carbon Lab (Peter Macredie, Paul Carnell, Maria Palacios, Pawel Waryszak) who showed participants how to conduct biomass surveys of mangrove treesRead more
