SUMMARY- - Coastal wetlands (including mangroves, salt marshes and coral reefs) act as protective barriers against waves, storm surges and tsunamis. - Inland wetlands (such as river, flood plains, lakes, swamps) function like sponges, absorbing and storing excess rainfall and reducing flood surges. - During the dry season in arid climates, wetlands release the water stored which helps delay the onset of droughts, and minimizes water shortages. - Peatlands and mangroves store vast quantities of carbon which helps to mitigate climate change. Peatlands in particular store twice as much carbon as all the world’s forests.
Ecosytems with high bio-diversity like wetlands contain huge amounts of carbon (all forms of life are made with carbon). When those ecosystems were destroyed, the local carbon cycle ended, so it was no longer contained. I assume the cleared out biomass may have been burned but I’m not sure. I understand your confusion as she makes it sound like the carbon went directly into the atmosphere, which doesn’t make since as carbon dioxide needs to either be respirated by animals or released in a combustion reaction for that to occur. The point though, is that wetlands are important in keeping more carbon in organisms and less in the atmosphere.
@@LizardMan-ek8ej Yes, I see. If you were to burn the cleared out biomass, then it makes sense, yes. I have a good understanding of chemistry and I was taking the sentence at face value and pointing out that it was badly constructed, or that I was completely missing something :)
S C I agree that it was not a very good statement. Though, it may have been to save time (it’s a short video) and quickly get the point across for those who aren’t very knowledgeable on biogeochemical cycles.
SUMMARY-
- Coastal wetlands (including mangroves,
salt marshes and coral reefs) act as
protective barriers against waves, storm
surges and tsunamis.
- Inland wetlands (such as river, flood
plains, lakes, swamps) function like
sponges, absorbing and storing excess
rainfall and reducing flood surges.
- During the dry season in arid climates,
wetlands release the water stored which
helps delay the onset of droughts, and
minimizes water shortages.
- Peatlands and mangroves store vast
quantities of carbon which helps to
mitigate climate change. Peatlands in
particular store twice as much carbon as
all the world’s forests.
i love nature
I love nature as well :)
"Carbon that was locked up in that soil very rapidly gets lost back to the atmosphere." 1:50 Can someone explain how this sentence even makes sense??
Ecosytems with high bio-diversity like wetlands contain huge amounts of carbon (all forms of life are made with carbon). When those ecosystems were destroyed, the local carbon cycle ended, so it was no longer contained. I assume the cleared out biomass may have been burned but I’m not sure. I understand your confusion as she makes it sound like the carbon went directly into the atmosphere, which doesn’t make since as carbon dioxide needs to either be respirated by animals or released in a combustion reaction for that to occur. The point though, is that wetlands are important in keeping more carbon in organisms and less in the atmosphere.
@@LizardMan-ek8ej Yes, I see. If you were to burn the cleared out biomass, then it makes sense, yes. I have a good understanding of chemistry and I was taking the sentence at face value and pointing out that it was badly constructed, or that I was completely missing something :)
S C I agree that it was not a very good statement. Though, it may have been to save time (it’s a short video) and quickly get the point across for those who aren’t very knowledgeable on biogeochemical cycles.
i hate this >:( next time, show some evidence for your "claims"
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