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December 15, 2016

Genes reveal how the seahorse got its snout and became a great father

Richard K.F. Unsworth, Swansea University

Scientists have sequenced the seahorse's genome and found the genes that could explain male pregnancy.

Seagrass meadows are often overlooked by the public but vital to the ocean ecosystem. Ben Jones

October 10, 2016

Seagrass is a marine powerhouse, so why isn’t it on the world’s conservation agenda?

Richard K.F. Unsworth, Swansea University; Jessie Jarvis, University of North Carolina Wilmington; Len McKenzie, James Cook University, and Mike van Keulen, Murdoch University

Seagrass is more than just a bit of sea greenery.

Sea turtles eating more seagrass could threaten the ocean’s ability to store carbon. Peter Macreadie

September 28, 2015

Ocean predators can help reset our planet’s thermostat

Peter Macreadie, University of Technology Sydney; Euan Ritchie, Deakin University; Graeme Hays, Deakin University; Rod Connolly, Griffith University, and Trisha B Atwood, Utah State University

Sharks and other ocean predators help protect the ocean's carbon stores by keeping other wildlife in check.

Shark Bay is one of Australia’s 19 World Heritage Areas, home to dolphins, dugongs, and sharks. Matthew Fraser

October 8, 2014

Climate change threatens Western Australia’s iconic Shark Bay

Matthew Fraser, University of Western Australia; Gary Kendrick, University of Western Australia; John Statton, University of Western Australia; Jordan Thomson, Florida International University, and Michael Heithaus, Florida International University

In the summer of 2010-2011 Western Australia experienced an unprecedented heatwave — but not on land. Between December 2010 and April 2011, sea temperatures off the WA coast reached 3C above average, and…

October 15, 2013

Spraying techniques stem runoff into Great Barrier Reef

CSIRO

New weed control techniques developed for sugarcane crops in Queensland could reduce herbicide runoffs into the Great Barrier…

Australia’s seagrass could earn A$35 million in carbon credits each year, if we have a trading scheme. sandwichgirl/Flickr

September 5, 2013

Seagrass is a huge carbon store, but will government value it?

Paul Lavery, Edith Cowan University

Australia is surrounded by a thin green line of seagrass meadows potentially worth A$5.4 billion on international carbon markets, and which could contribute to Australia and other nations meeting carbon…

August 16, 2013

Seagrass could offer super carbon storage

University of Technology Sydney

Segrass carbon sequestration could be worth as much as A$45 billion, based on the current carbon price of about A$23 per…

Seagrass slows climate change by absorbing carbon but global warming is causing vast tracts of it to die off. http://www.flickr.com/photos/myfwc

May 15, 2013

Seagrass carbon sinks fast disappearing: study

Sunanda Creagh, The Conversation and Pauline Ernesto, The Conversation

Rising sea levels will lead to a drastic decline in seagrass stocks, a new study has found, but reducing water pollution…

Seagrasses store carbon more efficiently than rainforests, making them a crucial part of climate change mitigation. http://www.flickr.com/photos/alessiodl

February 10, 2013

Failure to protect seagrass may cost Australia $45b

Sunanda Creagh, The Conversation and Will Mumford, The Conversation

Seagrass stores carbon 35 times faster than rainforests, preventing billions of tonnes of greenhouse gases escaping every…

Vast meadows of seagrass are thought to be the oldest living things on the planet. Flickr/Submon

February 7, 2012

100,000-year-old seagrass could be the world’s oldest organism

Justin Norrie, The Conversation

An ancient seagrass that spans up to 15 kilometres and weighs more than 6,000 metric tonnes may be more than 100,000 years…

Top contributors

Peter Macreadie
Senior lecturer in Marine Ecology & Head of Blue Carbon Lab, Deakin University
Carlos Duarte
Adjunct professor, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Richard K.F. Unsworth
Research Officer (Marine Ecology), Swansea University
Chris Riedy
Professor of Sustainability Governance, University of Technology Sydney
Euan Ritchie
Senior Lecturer in Ecology, Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
Gary Kendrick
Winthrop Professor, Oceans Institute, University of Western Australia
Megan Saunders
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Global Change Institute, The University of Queensland
Paul Lavery
Professor of Marine Ecology, Edith Cowan University
Graeme Hays
Professor of Marine Science, Deakin University
Rod Connolly
Professor in Marine Science, Griffith University
Matthew Fraser
Researcher in Marine Ecology, University of Western Australia
John Statton
Postdoctoral research associate, University of Western Australia
Michael Heithaus
Interim Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, Florida International University
Jordan Thomson
Postdoctoral researcher, Florida International University
Trisha B Atwood
Assistant Professor of aquatic ecology, Utah State University