From Kenya to Madagascar, massive effort aims to put seagrasses on the map

Mongabay
Mar 4, 2025, 3:19 am311 ptsTop
In 2019, scientists set out to map the extent of seagrass in Seychelles, an island nation off the eastern coast of Africa. There, they hit upon a startling number: More than 90% of the country’s “blue carbon,” or the carbon stored in marine ecosystems, is contained within seagrass meadows. Under the…

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