Coastal wetland management as a contribution to the US National Greenhouse Gas Inventory

Coastal wetland management as a contribution to the US National Greenhouse Gas Inventory

Coastal wetland management as a contribution to the US National Greenhouse Gas Inventory, Published online: 19 November 2018; doi:10.1038/s41558-018-0345-0

Managed coastal wetlands have been included for the first time in the US Greenhouse Gas Inventory. Intact vegetated coastal wetlands are shown to represent a net greenhouse gas sink, but these are being lost to development, despite robust regulation, causing emissions.