Press Trust of India: Seagrass may be crucial in the battle against climate change as the humble plant is 35 times more efficient at locking up, or 'sequestering' carbon than rainforests, a new study has found.
Seagrass meadows once wrapped Australia's coastline providing sanctuary and food for dugongs and turtles, habitats for fish to breed and myriad other ecosystem services such as nutrient recycling and sediment stabilisation.
Atmospheric carbon dioxide levels are now so high they risk damaging our ecological...