Foraminifera are single-celled marine organisms with a calcareous shell. They not only provide evidence of past habitats, but ...

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.

The Department of Marine and Coastal Resources (DMCR) announced that almost 40% of dugongs found stranded last year were underweight due to a lack of seagrass, their primary food source.DMCR and World ...

March 1 was World Seagrass Day, but in the office of the geology department at the Center for Coastal Studies in Provincetown ...

Ocean warming threatens marine life and ecosystems, endangering corals, turtles, penguins, clownfish, and whales. Urgent ...

Seagrass absorbs and stores carbon 35 times faster than tropical rainforests. Seagrass conservation is crucial for sustaining marine biodiversity, enhancing fisheries, and mitigating climate ...

The main threats to seagrass globally are poor water quality, direct disturbance (e.g., coastal development, trawling) and climate change (heat waves, sea level rise, and ocean acidification). Loss of ...

"LaSMMI is on a mission to map these underwater ecosystems in the Western Indian Ocean and estimate the carbon they store, fueling seagrass conservation efforts for the benefit of nature ...