Below the sea's surface, 4,000 square kilometers of seagrass meadows sway. That's equivalent to 226 AFL footy fields. The Shark Bay Heritage Area is home to 12 of the world's 72 seagrass species.

Tens of thousands of fish have died off northwestern Australia, as a large and long-lasting marine heat wave intensifies.

Tens of thousands of fish have died off northwestern Australia, as a large and long-lasting marine heatwave intensifies.Authors Sina Pinter PhD ...

After two unsuccessful attempts to find seagrass in this group of islands, he questioned whether the shadowy blotches were meadows of the ... floating in the shallow bay had caught his eye.

Seagrass meadows promote biodiversity, contribute to coastal protection by attenuating waves and improve water quality. They are also highly effective at storing carbon dioxide (CO₂), as the ...

They form extensive underwater meadows, creating complex, highly productive and biologically rich habitats. Covering only 0.1% of the ocean floor, these seagrass meadows provide food and shelter ...

Essential to the ocean ecosystem, seagrass meadows not only provide sanctuary ... to preserving the seagrass-filled marsh of the Bay of Cádiz near his restaurant. He’s also researching the ...

Large herbivores, like the green sea turtle and Florida manatee, frequently feed on Johnson's seagrass leaves. Seagrass meadows, though often overlooked, provide an important link to the many ...

Seagrass meadows have an important climate protection ... team focussed on subtropical seagrass beds located in Florida Bay in the south of the United States. In order to understand whether ...

Shutting out the light: Algae attach themselves to the leaves of seagrass plants ... like Studland Bay - seahorses," he told the BBC. There is also evidence that these meadows are important ...