Although less well known than its cousins, coral reefs and mangroves, seagrass plays a crucial role in climate change mitigation.
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Spiny lobsters with deadly PaV1 virus are found in seagrass habitats more than any other - but the seagrass may actually be helping to combat the disease.
In a world-first, scientists have counted the greenhouse gas absorbed and emitted by Australia’s mangroves, seagrass and other ocean ecosystems.
Seagrass may look unassuming, but healthy oceans depend on the huge meadows that grow in temperate and tropical waters.
George Monbiot talks with an ecologist about natural solutions to the climate crisis.
Marine heatwaves, like their land counterparts, are growing hotter and longer. Sea species in southeastern Australia, southeast Asia, northwestern Africa, Europe and eastern Canada are most at risk.
Everyone knows the Great Barrier Reef is in peril. But a continent away, Western Australia’s Shark Bay is also threatened by marine heatwaves that could alter this World Heritage ecosystem forever.
Coral reefs are in trouble, but other marine species are also feeling the strain but are off the conservation radar.
The sediments that accumulate beneath seagrass meadows can act as secure vaults for shipwrecks and other precious artefacts, by stopping water and oxygen from damaging the delicate timbers.
New research highlights the role of sea turtles and dugong in the dispersal of seeds and maintenance of seagrass meadows, an important marine habitat and the primary food source for both animals.
Seagrass meadows play a significant role in supporting world fishery productivity.
The ‘canaries of the sea’ are sending a worrying message about the health of our oceans.
It can fill in the scientific gaps.
Seagrass medows support rich biodiversity. New research shows what you can do to protect them.
Trowels and spades are being put to use in the sea.
It’s not just the land and people that have been badly affected by hurricanes.
Scientists have sequenced the seahorse’s genome and found the genes that could explain male pregnancy.
Seagrass is more than just a bit of sea greenery.
Sharks and other ocean predators help protect the ocean’s carbon stores by keeping other wildlife in check.
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…
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Associate professor in marine biology, Swansea University
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Research Fellow, Cardiff University
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Distinguished Professor of Marine Science, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
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Chief Conservation Officer, Project Seagrass & Postdoctoral Associate, Florida International University
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Lecturer in coastal environmental sciences and sustainable development, Uppsala University
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Professor of Marine Science & Founder/Director of Blue Carbon Lab, Deakin University
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Winthrop Professor, Oceans Institute, The University of Western Australia
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Professor of Marine Ecology, Edith Cowan University
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Assistant Professor of aquatic ecology, Utah State University
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Research Fellow in Marine Ecology, Marine Biological Association
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Professor, The University of Western Australia
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Principal Researcher, James Cook University
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