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There are about 72 species of sea grass around the world, and while they cover about .1% of the seafloor, they play an important role in maintaining a healthy ocean. BORIS HORVAT/AFP via Getty Images ...
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… ...
Based in San-Francisco, Ulysses’ goal is to restore ocean seagrass across the world to absorb carbon. Will O’Brien said this could be achieved up to 35 times more effectively than a rainforest ...
Why Seagrass Could Be the Ocean’s Secret Weapon Against Climate Change A vast, mostly invisible ecosystem crucial to our life on Earth is in trouble, but efforts to save the ‘prairies of the ...
Statewide project is designed to grow resilient seagrass to thrive after being planted in water affected by pollution, climate change ...
Seagrass is making an epic comeback in the Lake Worth Lagoon - why that's so critical County officials expect seagrass, often called the lungs of the ocean, to continue to find a home in the lagoon.
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — If you've been to the beach recently, you might have noticed something that looks like rice noodles ...
Seagrass punches above its weight. The marine plant only occupies 0.1% of the ocean floor but can be credited with supporting marine ecosystems of plants and fish, filtering ocean water, and ...
Seagrass helps prevent erosion and buffers shorelines from flooding and storm surge. ... Seagrasses sequester up to 18 percent of carbon stored in the ocean, ...
A study published Thursday in the journal Science found that the ocean is changing color as it warms. By analyzing satellite data from 2003 to 2022, researchers from Duke University and the Georgia ...
There are about 72 species of sea grass around the world, and while they cover about .1% of the seafloor, they play an important role in maintaining a healthy ocean.