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Getting to the Bottom of Trawling’s Carbon Emissions

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A new model shows that bottom trawling, which stirs up marine sediments as weighted nets scrape the ocean floor, may be releasing more than a billion metric tons of carbon… Click to show full abstract

A new model shows that bottom trawling, which stirs up marine sediments as weighted nets scrape the ocean floor, may be releasing more than a billion metric tons of carbon every year.

Keywords: trawling carbon; carbon emissions; getting bottom; bottom trawling; carbon

Journal Title: Eos
Year Published: 2021

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