Global Decline of Seagrass: Impact on Climate and Marine Ecosystems

A review published in Nature Reviews Biodiversity on 28th February 2025 highlights the alarming global decline of seagrass due to human activities.

  • Seagrasses are the only flowering plants able to live in seawater and pollinate while submerged.
  • Seagrass meadows, crucial for carbon storage and marine biodiversity, are disappearing at a rate of 1–2% per year, with nearly 5% of species now endangered.

Why seagrass is important?

  • Seagrass can store carbon up to 35 times faster than tropical rainforests, locking it away for thousands of years.
  • These meadows provide food and shelter for over 750 fish species and 121 threatened marine species, including turtles ....
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