The Northern Gulf of Mexico (nGOM) is a hotspot for blue carbon biogeochemical cycles due to its ability to fix and sequester blue carbon and potential to mitigate rising atmospheric CO $$_2$$ concentrations. In this study, we employed a dataset containing >1100 sediment cores collected from seagrass beds paired with publicly available data to estimate C and N stocks within the surface mixed layer of seagrass meadows. Sediment...

Previous oil spills provide clear evidence that ecosystem restoration efforts are challenging, and recovery can take decades. Similar to the Ixtoc-I well blowout in 1979, the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil spill was enormous both in volume of oil spilled and duration, resulting in environmental impacts from the deep ocean to the Gulf of Mexico coastline. Data collected during the National Resource Damage Assessment showed signifi...