Climate & Environment
Seagrass Meadow
Underwater flowering-plant meadows that sequester carbon, nurture fisheries and stabilise coasts — among the most valuable and most threatened marine habitats.
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Seagrass meadows are marine ecosystems formed by flowering plants adapted to life fully submerged in shallow coastal waters. They are core "blue carbon" ecosystems: seagrasses sequester carbon in sediments at high rates, provide nursery habitat for a large share of commercial fish species, filter water, stabilise sediments and support megafauna from dugongs to seahorses.
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