Large-scale Cultivation of Seaweed is Effective Approach to Increase Marine Carbon Sequestration and Solve Coastal Environmental Problems

Authors

Yufeng YANG, College of Life Science and Technology/Research Center on Low-carbon Economy for Guangzhou Region, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Zhuhai 519000, ChinaFollow
Hongtian LUO, College of Life Science and Technology/Research Center on Low-carbon Economy for Guangzhou Region, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Zhuhai 519000, China
Qing WANG, College of Life Science and Technology/Research Center on Low-carbon Economy for Guangzhou Region, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Zhuhai 519000, China
Zhili HE, Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Zhuhai 519000, China School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
Aimin LONG, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510301, China

Keywords

seaweed, carbon sink, low-carbon economy, sustainable development, environmental bioremediation

Document Type

Technical Roadmap and Strategic Thinking of Ocean Negative Emissions Aiming Carbon Neutrality

Abstract

All countries in the world are paying attention to low-carbon and carbon neutrality to achieve the mitigation of climate warming by reducing CO2 emissions. Ocean is the largest carbon pool on the earth and play an important role of carbon neutrality. More than half of the biological carbon on the earth is achieved by marine organisms. Among them, seaweed resources are abundant, with advantages such as low cost, high yield, measurable carbon sink, and strong cultivation controllability. Industrialized blue carbon can be formed offshore, which is a sustainable model for future development in coastal ecosystems. In addition, large-scale cultivation of seaweed can provide potential solutions to the global marine environmental problems such as ocean acidification, hypoxia, eutrophication, and harmful algal blooms. This review focuses on the function of seaweed carbon sinks, and seaweeds' potential to solve coastal environmental problems in terms of cultivation, environmental bioremediation effects, and comprehensive benefit assessment. In conclusion, large-scale seaweed cultivation is an effective approach for developing low-carbon economy, increasing marine carbon sink capability, solving marine environmental problems, and finally achieving carbon neutrality.

First page

259

Last Page

269

Language

Chinese

Publisher

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences

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Recommended Citation

YANG, Yufeng; LUO, Hongtian; WANG, Qing; HE, Zhili; and LONG, Aimin (2021) "Large-scale Cultivation of Seaweed is Effective Approach to Increase Marine Carbon Sequestration and Solve Coastal Environmental Problems," Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version): Vol. 36 : Iss. 3 , Article 4.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.16418/j.issn.1000-3045.20210217103
Available at: https://bulletinofcas.researchcommons.org/journal/vol36/iss3/4