The creeping rhizomes of Johnson's seagrass can be found throughout a patchwork of lagoons in southeastern Florida. This miniature grass provides a refuge for small marine animals and a nursery for ...

An indigenous child fisher in Indonesia collecting urchins and porcupine fish in seagrass The importance of seagrasses is further emphasised in a new report that looks at how they underpin fishing ...

A 77-square-mile seagrass meadow at the bottom of Shark Bay in Western Australia is both Earth's largest plant and largest clone. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Lahai Turay carries metal squares used to measure the density of seagrass while others record data in the shallow water off Sei island. (Guy Peterson for The Washington Post) Warning: This graphic ...

In May 2022, the General Assembly adopted A/RES/76/265 proclaiming 1 March as World Seagrass Day. The resolution highlights the urgent need to raise awareness at all levels and to promote and ...

Seagrass meadows serve as excellent breeding grounds for sea mammals and habitats for baby fish. But scientists have estimated the world’s seagrass stocks are declining by about 7% per year.

This may look like a very ordinary marine plant, but did you know that seagrass actually has climate change reversing superpowers? Our planet is heating up. This is known as global warming.

Seagrass has a vital role to play in the climate and nature crisis The UK's biggest seagrass restoration projects is to take place off the coast of Wales. Five million seagrass seeds are to be ...

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This may look like a very ordinary marine plant, but did you know that seagrass actually has climate change reversing superpowers? Our planet is heating up. This is known as global warming.