The report, commissioned by the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, estimates that approximately 2,240 million tonnes of organic carbon is stored in marine sediments within New Zealand’s exclusive economic zone, which equates to about 1% of the estimated carbon stocks in marine sediments worldwide.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz/2023/11/20/carbon-stored-in-marine-sediment-is-vulnerable-to-bottom-trawling-expert-reaction/