Seagrass, Zanzibar. Photo source: ©© Tserno
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While mangrove and salt bushes can play key roles in protecting fragile coastlines from wave damage and promote biodiversity, it’s the humble sea grass that provides the largest potential to store more carbon from the atmosphere.
“One hectare of healthy sea grass has the capacity of holding 15 times the carbon of one hectare of Amazonian rainforest…”
Read Full Article, The Sydney Morning Herald
Seagrasses Can Store as Much Carbon as Forests, NSF (05-23-2012)
Seagrasses are a vital part of the solution to climate change and, per unit area, seagrass meadows can store up to twice as much carbon as the world’s temperate and tropical forests…
