They possess a remarkable ability to capture and store vast amounts of carbon, according to a global study published in ...

Seagrasses trap carbon and protect marine life. Their decline risks releasing stored carbon, impacting climate.

Baez added that less than a fifth of the world’s seagrasses are fully mapped. Seagrasses are not actually grasses but a group of flowering marine plants, with 72 known species, growing close to ...

These problems are not restricted to coral. Seagrasses are also integral parts of marine ecosystems by helping to clarify water, stabilize the sea bottom, serve as food sources for marine life, and ...

As an adaptation to bottom-feeding, its muzzle is turned downward and its upper lip is covered with stiff yet sensitive bristles used to isolate and uproot sea grasses. All dugongs have smooth skin ...