Tuesday, February 21, 2017

Disappearing Seagrass Protects Against Pathogens, Even Climate Change, Scientists Find

The plants also draw fertilizer runoff and other pollutants out of the water, locking them safely away in meadow soil. Scientists have estimated that an acre of seagrass provides more than $11,000 worth of filtering every year.
These services alone would make seagrass meadows among the most...

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