Lahai Turay carries metal squares used to measure the density of seagrass while others record data in the shallow water off Sei island. (Guy Peterson for The Washington Post) Warning: This graphic ...

Spain: A blade of seagrass serves as refuge ... Shane Gross This rich underwater landscape has been shaped by its humble covering, Posidonia oceanica. Commonly known as Neptune grass, it is ...

The landscape is a stunning array of colors as the desert meets the ocean. Below the sea's surface, 4,000 square kilometers ...

Our recently published research pieces together historical evidence from across the globe, revealing that humans and seagrass meadows have been intertwined for millennia—providing food ...

The results of recent research reveal both the vulnerability and the surprising resilience of tropical seagrass, despite the growing threats posed by climate change. Led by Fee Smulders from ...

The state’s latest survey of seagrass in Gulf Coast Florida waters has good news for the Bradenton area, where the vital marine plant is rebounding for the first time in years. Scientists use ...

When it comes to the seagrass beds that stretch across Florida’s largest open-water estuary, there’s some good news and bad news. The good news: For the first time in nearly a decade ...

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The conservation and restoration arm of the zoo has been planting and monitoring seagrass in the Indian River Lagoon. Until now, that grass has been coming from commercial nurseries around the state.

Transplanting seagrass meadows? Yes, it's possible -- and it works! The proof is in Monaco, with the successful transplantation of 384 m of Posidonia oceanica. Posidonia oceanica is an essential ...

That meant examining water quality across Florida. Manatees’ main food source — seagrass — was wiped out following decades of pollution in the Lagoon. Miles of once-lush seagrass beds ...

Manatees are not the only marine mammals that suffer when seagrass dies off in Florida. A new study found that dolphins in the Indian River Lagoon starved when seagrass meadows declined as well.