Covering only 0.1% of the ocean floor, these seagrass meadows provide food and shelter to thousands of species of fish, seahorses, turtles, etc. and sustain some of the world’s largest fisheries.

Soon they hope the area will be a thriving seagrass meadow, like a carpet on the ocean floor soaking up tonnes and tonnes of carbon. We can all make a difference and help reduce the amount of ...

Seagrass meadows serve as excellent breeding ... their bodies either becomes part of the food chain or sinks to the ocean floor. Carbon is stored At the bottom of the ocean, bacteria works to ...

Soon they hope the area will be a thriving seagrass meadow, like a carpet on the ocean floor soaking up tonnes and tonnes of carbon. We can all make a difference and help reduce the amount of ...

Found on seabeds from Alaska to Australia, seagrass meadows are one of the most widespread coastal habitats on Earth. While they cover just one thousandth of the ocean floor, these marine plants ...

hoping to learn more about the ocean floor. Little did they know, their underwater companions would lead them to an astonishing discovery-a massive underwater forest of seagrass in the Caribbean.

One step in stopping seagrass destruction is mapping where it is. “Any scientist that works on the ocean will tell you there’s just so much of it that is still unknown,” Vinaccia said.

A new study led by UVic postdoctoral fellow Graham Epstein, suggests that marine protected areas (MPAs) could play a key role in preserving seabed carbon storage to help combat climate change.

Essential to the ocean ecosystem, seagrass meadows not only provide sanctuary and food for marine life and birds, filter water, protect coastlines, and bury carbon, but they also absorb as much as ...