The open course “Climate Change Services Provided by Estuaries and Estuarine Ecosystems” offers an introductory exploration of estuarine ecosystems and their vital role in climate change adaptation and mitigation. The course highlights how estuarine plant communities contribute to climate resilience by capturing carbon and protecting coastal areas from flooding and erosion.
By the end of the course, students will have learnt about the main biophysical characteristics of estuarine ecosystems and the benefits they provide to society, the key concepts of climate change mitigation and adaptation, and the ecosystem services estuaries offer, including carbon sequestration and coastal defense.
This course was co-created under creative commons licence, in the ADAPTABLUES project “Adaptation to climate change through management and restoration of European estuarine ecosystems”, funded by the EU LIFE programme (LIFE18 CC/ES/001160) and developed through the collaboration of the IHCantabria, the Environmental Hydraulics Institute of the University of Cantabria, coordinator of the project, and the University of Coimbra.
