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

Poor water quality, primarily from sewage discharges and agricultural pollution, has the ability to turn seagrass from a ...

That’s caused ocean CO2 levels to rise, making waters more acidic. But seagrasses can provide a buffer against that, too. By reducing the acidity of surrounding waters, seagrass ecosystems help ...

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

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 ...

Freedom Boat Club Torquay is the first partner of the Wild Planet Trust's Seagrass Champions scheme A scheme has been launched to protect under-threat seagrass meadows in Devon. Torbay has about ...

"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 ...