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Mangrove Soil Carbon Burial

Interactive depth-resolved simulation of mangrove soil carbon burial: watch sediment accretion bury organic carbon past the oxic/anoxic boundary, where anaerobic decay slows by orders of magnitude and carbon accumulates into a long-term blue carbon stock.

Climate, Ecology & Environment3DModerate60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted⇄ 2D version

Mangrove forests are among the most carbon-dense ecosystems on Earth, and almost all of that "blue carbon" sits underground. This simulator grows a live soil core: fresh organic-rich sediment accumulates at the surface, and every layer is progressively buried as new material piles on top. While a layer sits within the oxygenated near-surface zone it decays quickly, but once accretion carries it below the water table into anoxic, waterlogged mud, decomposition slows by more than an order of magnitude — locking the remaining carbon away for centuries. Adjust accretion rate, organic input, and the depth of the oxic/anoxic boundary to see how each one reshapes the depth profile of preserved carbon, and watch the live carbon-stock and burial-efficiency readouts respond.

⚙ Under the hood

Model how mangrove soils lock away carbon for centuries: fresh organic matter is buried by accreting sediment, decaying quickly in the oxygenated surface layer but far more slowly once submerged below the anoxic water table.

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3D · Three.js / WebGL renderer · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install