In the ocean, they can travel long distances by attaching to seagrass or algae and drifting across the sea surface. This journey by hitchhiking—technically known as "rafting"—has rarely been ...

Published in the journal Ocean and Coastal Management, the research set out to establish the value of local ecological ...

Seagrass has returned to the Indian River Lagoon! FOX 35's Esther Bower learns more about the regrowth and how it is good for the manatee population.

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

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

Ten fishermen were asked to pinpoint areas where they believed seagrass beds could be found along local coastlines. They had ...

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 ...

and helping to buffer against ocean acidification. The sea hares act as natural vacuum cleaners in these vital ecosystems, consuming problematic algae (epiphytes) that grow on seagrass blades.

"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 ...