鳗草是马恩岛附近储存碳的海洋植物之一
科学家们已经开始调查马恩岛的领海，寻找储存碳的植物，作为更广泛的地球能源减排努力的一部分。配备红外摄像机的无人机被用于绘制3970平方公里(1533平方英里)地区的详细图片。斯旺西大学和国家海洋学中心正在与马恩岛政府合作，开展为期一年的项目，以记录“蓝碳”。Michelle Haywood MHK表示，该调查将建立一个“有用的基础”。她补充说，该项目将提高人们对岛屿周围海洋中储存了多少碳的了解，管理任何释放碳的“破坏性做法”，并恢复某些地区的植物。根据“蓝碳项目”，来自南安普顿国家海洋中心的科学家们已经开始调查马恩岛的领海，以确定关键的储存区域，并在未来几个月内采集样本。英国环境、食品和农业部的一位发言人说，这项研究的目的是了解植物在水下储存碳的能力。他补充说，一旦收集到这些信息，将在未来两年制定海洋管理计划。
国家海洋中心的科学家们已经开始用无人机进行调查
周边海域占该岛领土的85%以上，其中约11%的海域通过指定的海洋自然保护区保护，不受捕鱼活动的影响。海伍德博士说，该岛屿“非常适应”陆地上的碳储存，但对“海底的相同概念”却知之甚少。她补充说，鳗草、海带和海床都“非常善于捕获碳”，它们吸收的碳分子“构成了海洋下许多植物和动物的结构”。Scientists begin Isle of Man marine carbon stores drone search
Eelgrass is one of the ocean plants around the Isle of Man which stores carbon
Scientists have begun surveying the Isle of Mans territorial seas for plants which store carbon as part of wider efforts to reduce emissions.
Drones with infrared cameras are being used to build a detailed picture of the 3970 sq km (1533 sq-mile) area.Swansea University and the National Oceanographic Centre are working with the Manx government on the year-long project to document "blue carbon".Michelle Haywood MHK said the survey would establish a "useful baseline".The project would enhance understanding of how much carbon is stored in the seas surrounding the island, manage any "damaging practices" that release it, and restore plants in certain areas, she added.Under the "blue carbon project", scientists from the Southampton-based National Oceanographic Centre have started surveying Manx territorial waters to identify key storage areas, with samples to be taken in the coming months.A spokesman for the Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture said the aim was to understand the ability of plants to store carbon underwater.Once the information has been gathered, a marine management plan would be developed over the following two years, he added. 
Scientists from the National Oceanographic Centre have started surveying with drones
The surrounding seas make up more than 85% of the islands territory, with about 11% of the area protected from fishing activity through designated marine nature reserves.
Dr Haywood said the island was "well attuned" to carbon storage on land, but there was little understanding of the "same concept under the sea".
Eelgrass meadows, kelp, and the sea bed were all "quite good at capturing carbon", with carbon molecules "taken in to make up the structure of many plants and animals under the ocean", she added.
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