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Shrinking sea meadows store more carbon than forests
Shrinking sea meadows store more carbon than forests
Reuters | Apr 8, 2021, 14:29 IST World s largest seagrass meadow and one of the biggest carbon sinks in the high seas, at the Saya de Malha Ba.Read More
SAYA DE MALHA BANK, INDIAN OCEAN:Hundreds of miles from the nearest shore, ribbon-like fronds flutter in the ocean currents, sweeping across an underwater mountain plateau the size of Switzerland. A remote-powered camera glides through the sunlit, turquoise waters of this corner of the western Indian Ocean, capturing rare footage of what scientists believe is the world s largest seagrass meadow.
Publishing date: Apr 08, 2021 • 4 hours ago • 4 minute read • Seagrass are seen in the Indian Ocean above the world s largest seagrass meadow and one of the biggest carbon sinks in the high seas, at the Saya de Malha Bank within the Mascarene plateau, Mauritius, March 20, 2021. Photo by Tommy Trenchard/Greenpeace /Handout via REUTERS
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SAYA DE MALHA BANK Hundreds of miles from the nearest shore, ribbon-like fronds flutter in the ocean currents sweeping across an underwater mountain plateau the size of Switzerland.
A remote-powered camera glides through the sunlit, turquoise waters of this corner of the western Indian Ocean, capturing rare footage of what scientists believe is the world’s largest seagrass meadow.