The most important part of the ocean you’ve never heard of
The Saya de Malha Bank is one of the world’s largest seagrass fields and the planet’s most important carbon sinks. It faces incalculable risks that threaten the future of humanity.
The Saya de Malha Bank is an underwater haven of biodiversity, desperately in need of regulation
Nestled away in the Indian Ocean, the bank’s seagrass habitats are being decimated by a multinational fleet of fishing ships ...
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Seagrass Mapping Takes Root In The Western Indian Ocean
"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 ...
Artisanal fishers are almost as accurate as satellites in producing environmental data, study shows
Published in the journal Ocean and Coastal Management, the research set out to establish the value of local ecological ...
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Seagrass growth in Tampa Bay is at its highest level since 2016
A new survey shows Tampa Bay supports the largest amount of seagrass since 2016. Grasses that feed fish and marine life went ...
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Tampa Bay estuary is gaining seagrass, but northern bay still struggling
When it comes to the seagrass beds that stretch across Florida’s largest open-water estuary, there’s some good news and bad news. The good news: For the first time in nearly a decade ...
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Greek Fisherman Are Almost As Accurate As Environmental Satellites
Ten fishermen were asked to pinpoint areas where they believed seagrass beds could be found along local coastlines. They had ...
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Artisanal fishers are almost as accurate as satellites in producing environmental data
For research, ten fishermen working around islands in the Aegean Sea were asked to pinpoint areas where they believed seagrass beds could be found along the coastlines of their respective islands. The ...