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
… the little-known and disappearing ecosystem: seagrass ‘meadows' LAURA BRIGGS | 21st November 2016 News Seagrass Conservartion Marine Pollution Marine Protection Areas (MPA) Oceans seagrass beds.jpg A unified scientific …
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
… Seagrass may be 'uncharismatic' but it still … Richard Unsworth | 4th October 2010 Comment Seagrass Natural World Fish Wetlands Biodiversity seagrass.jpg Seagrasses of the area the size …
Seagrass meadows support marine life, human livelihoods and the fight against climate breakdown.
… Restoring seagrass meadows in England Emma Nolan | 23rd September 2020 | News Seagrass Marine Conservation Science Systems seagrass-richard-unsworth.jpg Seagrass meadows …
Seagrass provides a key marine habitat, writes Richard Unsworth - it stablises the sea floor, sustains rich ecosystems, soaks up excess nutrients, sequesters carbon dioxide, feeds dugongs, and nurtures young cod. Hadn't we better stop wiping out some 1,500 sq.km of seagrass meadows every year?
… the love of cod, let's save our disappearing seagrass Richard K. F. Unsworth | 4th November … 2014 Comment Oceans Fish Ecology Food cod-seagrass-john-carroll-cut.jpg Seagrass. Photo: Richard Unsworth. Seagrass …
Sky Ocean Rescue, WWF and Swansea University launch biggest UK seagrass restoration project ever undertaken.
… Seagrass to be restored to UK waters Emily … | 4th September 2019 News Science & Systems Seagrass Sky Ocean Rescue WWF Swansea … WWF and Swansea University launch biggest UK seagrass restoration project ever undertaken. …
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
… Seagrass meadows remain 'forgotten' in … debate The Ecologist | 13th June 2011 News Seagrass Natural World Coast Sea Climate … one billion people live within 50km of a seagrass meadow Every hour, an area of …
After decades of work, A$200 million in taxpayer funding and even more from farmers' pockets, Australia has a good news story to tell about the Great Barrier Reef. But as John Brodie reveals, all that is now at risk from vast dredging operations.
… severe effects on inshore coral reefs and seagrass meadows - which provide shelter and … the sunlight needed for healthy coral and seagrass growth. Federal Environment Minister … the reef, while we have also seen declining seagrass health and dugong numbers . I was the …
The Ocean Conservation Trust is constructing a seagrass cultivation laboratory at the National Marine Aquarium.
… Ocean Conservation Trust is constructing a seagrass cultivation laboratory at the … ReMEDIES project aims to protect vital seagrass meadows located in Special Areas of … to restore up to four hectares of lost seagrass meadows in the Plymouth Sound, and …
A review of the UK's marine environment in 2019 reveals thousands of people volunteered to help the seas.
… south they had been officially identified. Seagrass Bex Lynam, North Sea Wildlife Trusts' … Alderney Wildlife Trust donated seeds for new seagrass meadows - an important habitat and …
Monkfish, skates and rays, crab and lobster from some UK fisheries are among 14 kinds of sea life joining those with a red rating from the Marine Conservation Society (MCS).
… looked at all the species caught together. Seagrass Charlotte Coombes, Good Fish Guide … and protect stores of “blue carbon” such as seagrass and seabed from damaging activities …
Infractions against Marine Protected Areas in Northumberland don't bode well for post-Brexit fishing regulations.
… in effective by-laws to protect reefs, seagrass beds and maerl habitats, the most … ‘mosaic’ of habitats. The reef, mud, sand and seagrass which they need at different times …
Giant manta rays could be driven away from world-famous feeding site in five years because of disruption from tourist industry, warns leading marine biologist
… argues Robert MacDougall-Davis COMMENT Seagrass may be 'uncharismatic' but it still … as tropical rainforests or wetlands but seagrass plays a vital role in the global …
The Census of Marine Life is finally complete after a decade of work by 2,700 scientists from 80 countries
… Environment Network READ MORE... COMMENT Seagrass may be 'uncharismatic' but it still … as tropical rainforests or wetlands but seagrass plays a vital role in the global …
While logging and deforestation has gained global attention the growing sand mining sector is being largely ignored. Fuelled by Singapore’s land and construction demands it is wreaking environmental destruction across south-east Asia
… and killing off plant life, including seagrass and coral. Sand extraction also … being allocated inside protected mangrove and seagrass habitats. Local newspapers have also …
By keeping marine herbivores in check, predators from sharks to crabs are essential to keep the oceanic 'carbon pump' working - with seaweed and plankton fixing atmospheric carbon and bearing it down to deep waters and sediments before getting munched. It's time to give ocean predators the protection they deserve, for climate's sake.
… of the ocean's carbon is stored, within seagrass, saltmarsh and mangrove ecosystems - … habitats to sequester carbon. For example, in seagrass meadows of Bermuda and Indonesia, …
Australia's rainforest state, Queensland, is destroying well over 100,000 hectares of native vegetation a year, and rising, write Martine Maron, Bill Laurance & colleagues, including 'at risk' habitats and Koala bear forests. This is more than reversing the entire nation's eco-restoration programs and pushing endangered species ever closer to extinction.
… quality in the reef's lagoon, which threatens seagrass, coral reefs, and other marine … Great Barrier Reef's lagoon, which threatens seagrass, coral reefs, and other marine …
Rising levels of carbon dioxide don't just cause global warming, writes Jason Hall-Spencer. Another consequence is acidifying oceans - which promises to disrupt marine ecology around the world, killing off oysters and corals, while boosting 'nuisance species' like stinging jellyfish.
… of certain single-celled algae, seaweeds, and seagrasses. If temperatures remain low enough … of coastal vegetation (e.g. saltmarshes and seagrasses) to prevent acid water run-off, and …
The strongly protected marine reserve in Lamlash Bay, Arran, has been a huge success, write Bryce Stewart & Leigh Howarth, with abandant life returning to the once denuded waters. The government's refusal to expand such protections represents a huge wasted opportunity for both fishing and the marine environment.
… Certain habitats such as coral reefs and seagrass are highly sensitive to any kind of … Atlantic cod, for instance, rely on seagrass for shelter while they're still …
From Bermuda, Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg tells the Ecologist how our understanding of global environmental trends can be aided by surveying coral reef on a massive scale, and how some amazing technology is helping his team do exactly that........
… one that is already with us. NEWS ANALYSIS Seagrass meadows remain 'forgotten' in conservation debate Every hour, an area of seagrass the size of two football pitches is …
Plans for a new international airport in the coastal city of Mumbai will destroy yet more of its mangrove ecosystems, and there are fears the deal has already been closed
… for other inshore marine habitats, such as seagrass beds and coral reefs. A recent …
Japan is living under the shadow of US militarism, write Taisuke Komatsu & Semanur Karaman - and most of all in Okinawa, the nation's southernmost archipelago. Against overwhelming local opposition but backed by Japan's government, the US is building a new military base that is seizing land and threatens the unique ecology of Oura Bay with its seagrass beds, dugongs and coral reefs.
… the unique ecology of Oura Bay with its seagrass beds, dugongs and coral reefs. The …