Abstract
AbstractIn a recent study, Breithaupt et al. (2020); https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JG005349 contend observed rates of sediment and organic carbon accumulation in Southwest Florida coastal wetlands have increased in response to an acceleration in the rate of sea‐level. This, it is argued, implies the wetlands are more resilient to future sea‐level rise than previously thought and under conditions of continued acceleration, even more organic carbon will be stored. However, upon closer inspection, the study conclusions are flawed as they are based upon an inappropriate methodological approach to quantifying sediment and organic carbon accumulation rates and require an acceleration in the rate of historical (decades) sea‐level rise of which there is limited evidence and no broad consensus.
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