Greenhouse gas fluxes in Everglades provide path for maximizing carbon capture via water management

Greenhouse gas fluxes in Everglades provide path for maximizing carbon capture via water management

The Florida Everglades is a complicated climate actor. The 1.5-million-acre wetland system remains a carbon sink, removing an average of 13.7 million metric tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere each year, but the system also releases methane. In a new study, Yale School of the Environment scientists have analyzed the greenhouse gas fluxes in its mangroves and fresh-water marshes, providing a more detailed approach for guiding restoration e…