A bald patch of grass in someone’s front yard can be restored by spreading seed or strips of sod. But when seagrass in shallow ocean water gets shredded by a […] ...

New research from the University of Victoria (UVic) highlights how marine heat waves can dramatically impact marine ...

A few months ago a worker on Key Biscayne noticed an odd looking sea grass in the bay. It turns out the grass made its way to South Florida from the Indian Ocean. Will it colonize, and what does it… ...

Seagrass can provide localized protection against ocean acidification "Local stakeholders, such as California's shellfish industry, want to know whether seagrass meadows may help to counteract ...

Starving manatees, vanishing trophy fish, bays turning from blue to mucky brown. These are all symptoms of nearly statewide seagrass die-offs that began in 2011 and continue to this day. Here&#8217… ...

Seagrasses, foundational species in coastal ecosystems worldwide, are surprisingly few in documented diversity—with only about 70 species identified globally, despite their widespread distribution and ...

A new study published in Ecological Applications thinks that seagrass meadows could be the answer to alleviating ocean acidification throughout the ocean. Ocean acidification is the process in which ...

Seagrass meadows could play a limited, localized role in alleviating ocean acidification in coastal ecosystems, according to new work. Seagrass meadows could play a limited, localized role in ...

In fact, seagrass fields capture around 10 percent of ocean-based carbon. These underwater meadows are also highly efficient, taking in carbon 35 times faster than rainforests. The benefits to the ...

Did you know that spider venom could one day help relieve chronic pain? Or that seagrass - those long, ribbon-like plants ...