Groundwater Flow in Salt Marshes

Research at the Reserve Series

Groundwater flow in salt marshes: Implications for carbon cycling

Wednesday, March 11 – Virtual Only
6:30PM – 7:30PM

Virtual: A Zoom link will be sent to you prior to the webinar.

Salt marshes take in carbon dioxide from the air and store it in the soil, often referred to as blue carbon. However, there is emerging evidence that another portion of dissolved carbon is leaving the marsh with the tides, in a process called outwelling, in rates that may rival or exceed that of blue carbon burial. This carbon movement is influenced by tides and groundwater, but the specifics are not well known. Join us to learn about the research exploring the relationship of carbon in salt marshes and the coastal ocean.

Speaker: Joe Tamborski, Ph.D., is a coastal hydrogeologist and radiochemist interested in how groundwater flow impacts marine and aquatic environments, including biogeochemical cycles. He is currently an Assistant Professor in Ocean & Earth Sciences at Old Dominion University. He earned his PhD at Stony Brook University (Geosciences) and completed postdoctoral research at LEGOS in Toulouse, France, and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.