Seagrass

Ocean Conservation Trust launches 700 hectare seagrass protection project on World Ocean’s Day.

Seagrass meadows support marine life, human livelihoods and the fight against climate breakdown.

Seagrass meadows are carbon-absorbing, biodiversity hotspots - but they are under threat.

Sky Ocean Rescue, WWF and Swansea University launch biggest UK seagrass restoration project ever undertaken.

A unified scientific approach has been called for to help protect one of the most threatened ecosystems on earth. LAURA BRIGGS learns more about the unique ecosystem known as seagrass beds

Every hour, an area of seagrass the size of two football pitches is lost. The rate of loss is equal to that occurring in tropical rainforests and on coral reefs yet it receives a fraction of the attention

It may be not be as visible as tropical rainforests or wetlands but seagrass plays a vital role in the global ecosystem, says Richard Unsworth, filtering pollution and providing food to fish