A few months ago, a worker at Crandon Marina on the northern tip of Key Biscayne noticed a strange-looking seagrass on the floor of Biscayne Bay. When Florida International University marine ...
A wooden fishing boat floating in the shallow bay had caught his eye. It was moored within a patch of seagrass, part of its hull flattening the green blades. The errant vessel was another reminder ...
The creeping rhizomes of Johnson's seagrass can be found throughout a patchwork of lagoons in southeastern Florida. This miniature grass provides a refuge for small marine animals and a nursery for ...
Volunteer dive surveyors found a total of 122 different species of plants and animals within the seagrass and maerl beds, proving these sites to have real biodiversity importance St Austell Bay in ...
The amount of seagrass around Florida has suddenly and severely plummeted. In 2021, the seagrass shortage contributed to a record number of manatee deaths. The question is, why is it dying off?
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Around Robinson, Walker and Bird Islands in Perdido Bay lie a large habitat of seagrass beds just ...
Fearful that the grass may have spread from the busy boat basin and into Biscayne Bay, where miles of seagrass meadows are already battling pollution, busy boat traffic and increasingly powerful ...
Winding its way between the Maritime provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, the Bay of Fundy is 170 miles of craggy cliffs, thundering waves, and ecological wonders. "It's rugged nature ...
The crystal-clear waters of Shark Bay are home to the world's largest plant: a seagrass meadow spanning 77 square miles (200 square kilometers) and stretching 112 miles (180 kilometers ...
In May 2022, the General Assembly adopted A/RES/76/265 proclaiming 1 March as World Seagrass Day. The resolution highlights the urgent need to raise awareness at all levels and to promote and ...
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