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The term ‘Blue Carbon’ refers to:

1. Carbon captured by industrial scrubbers
2. Carbon stored in coastal and marine ecosystems like mangroves
3. Carbon emissions from shipping vessels
4. Carbon stored in the deep Arctic permafrost

Correct answer: Carbon stored in coastal and marine ecosystems like mangroves

Solution

Blue carbon refers to carbon captured and stored by coastal and marine ecosystems such as mangroves, salt marshes, and seagrasses. These ecosystems act as important carbon sinks. So the correct option is the one mentioning coastal and marine ecosystems.

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