Also called: Coastal Carbon Scientist
Measures how much carbon mangroves, salt marshes, and seagrass store, and helps protect them as climate solutions.
A blue carbon scientist takes sediment cores from a salt marsh, measures carbon in the lab, and works with carbon markets that pay to protect coastal wetlands.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Doctorate (PhD), about 8 years after high school. Bachelor's in environmental science; usually a master's or PhD.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Environmental Science, Marine Science, Ecology.
Growing faster than average (about 5% over 10 years). BLS 2025-35 projection band for SOC 19-2041: Faster than average (5% to 6%).
Low risk in 5 years, medium in 10. AI and satellites estimate carbon stocks; taking cores in marshes and verifying credits on the ground stay human.
Classes: AP Environmental Science, AP Chemistry, Statistics.
Official data: O*NET occupation 19-2041.
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