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Seychelles: Greenpeace Teams Up With University of Seychelles for Seagrass Research Onboard Rainbow Warrior
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Greenpeace teams up with University of Seychelles for seagrass research onboard Rainbow Warrior
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Shrinking sea meadows store more carbon than forests Scientists are racing to track what s left
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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.
Human activity is helping destroy the equivalent of a soccer field of these seagrasses every 30 minutes around the world, according to the U.N. Environment Programme (UNEP). And scientists are now racing to take stock of what remains.
“There are a lot of unknowns even things as simple as how much seagrass we have,” said Oxford University earth observation scientist Gwilym Rowlands, who is helping the Seychelles government map the island nation’s seagrass and estimate how much carbon it stores.
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.