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2 days, 17 hours ago

Four Visakhapatnam students win U.S. fellowship for restoring coastal ecosystem with seagrass

Four city-based students got selected for a 10-day US fellowship tour for restoring the city’s coastal ecosystem with seagrass that is available on the Odisha coast. They are final-year B.Sc., students of Dr. Lankapalli Bullaya College, Visakhapatnam, and their environmental-friendly project is ‘Pioneering Blue Carbon Ecosystems: Restoring Seagrass Meadows in Visakhapatnam Coast’, in a Climate Tank Accelerator competition meant for …

Students Ecosystem Project Visakhapatnam Seagrass

3 months, 4 weeks ago

Amid a rising tide of seagrass restoration, Shark Bay locals call for more power to heal their home

ABC

From a research vessel bobbing above Shark Bay's crystal clear waters, the world is drawn with two shades of sea green. "When the seagrass started dying, the water turned black because the algae had polluted the water, and the sunlight couldn't penetrate through," vessel master Liam Ridgley said. " "Where there was nothing, there was just barren sand, all of …

Restoration Indigenous Bay Shark Sea Liam Supplied

5 months, 1 week ago

Marine Eco-Environmental Protection in China

China Daily

Science-Based Conservation and Restoration of Marine Ecosystems China coordinates and integrates the conservation and systematic restoration of marine ecosystems in a manner that respects and protects nature and follows its laws. Panel 3 China's Red Lines for Marine Eco-Environmental Conservation To date, China has drawn red lines covering a total area of 150,000 sq km across several types of ecosystems, …

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5 months, 1 week ago

Marine Eco-Environmental Protection in China

China Daily

Science-Based Conservation and Restoration of Marine Ecosystems China coordinates and integrates the conservation and systematic restoration of marine ecosystems in a manner that respects and protects nature and follows its laws. Panel 3 China's Red Lines for Marine Eco-Environmental Conservation To date, China has drawn red lines covering a total area of 150,000 sq km across several types of ecosystems, …

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6 months ago

Underwater grassland proves to be a rich habitat for life

China Daily

Carrying an oxygen tank and wearing a diving suit, Zhang Peidong, a professor from the Ocean University of China, dived into a sea area off the city of Weihai in East China's Shandong province to take samples from the seabed and bring them back for testing. In 2008, Zhang, who had just obtained his doctorate from the Ocean University of …

Zhang Sea Beds Weihai Seagrass Beds Underwater Grassland Seagrass

6 months ago

Underwater grassland proves to be a rich habitat for life

China Daily

Carrying an oxygen tank and wearing a diving suit, Zhang Peidong, a professor from the Ocean University of China, dived into a sea area off the city of Weihai in East China's Shandong province to take samples from the seabed and bring them back for testing. In 2008, Zhang, who had just obtained his doctorate from the Ocean University of …

Zhang Sea Beds Weihai Seagrass Beds Underwater Grassland Seagrass

11 months, 2 weeks ago

At Corner Inlet, fishermen have made a pact that safeguards their bay for future generations

ABC

By the time the fishermen of Corner Inlet start to haul in their nets, the gulls and terns have arrived to supervise the catch. The main species Corner Inlet fisherman catch, King George whiting, rock flathead and southern garfish, all attract the Australian Marine Conservation Society's GoodFish Guide’s top sustainability rating. Gentle practice minimises harm Making a living from catching …

Fishermen Fishing Fish Bay George Corner Net

1 year, 1 month ago

Archipelago balances conservation with growth

China Daily

Seals rest on a rocky outcrop on an island in the Changdao archipelago in Shandong. CHINA DAILY Over the past two months, Yuan Jiangpo has been overseeing a project to construct seagrass beds off Daheishan Island in the Changdao archipelago, which is administered by Yantai city, Shandong province. To promote green, low-carbon and high-quality development of the islands, Changdao was …

Island Shandong Sea Seagrass Changdao

1 year, 1 month ago

Archipelago balances conservation with growth

China Daily

Seals rest on a rocky outcrop on an island in the Changdao archipelago in Shandong. CHINA DAILY Over the past two months, Yuan Jiangpo has been overseeing a project to construct seagrass beds off Daheishan Island in the Changdao archipelago, which is administered by Yantai city, Shandong province. To promote green, low-carbon and high-quality development of the islands, Changdao was …

Zone Islands Shandong Sea Archipelago Seagrass Changdao Island

1 year, 3 months ago

Seagrass meadows begin extensive rehabilitation after 2011's destructive Cyclone Yasi

ABC

Seagrass is finally being returned to the seabed within a stone's throw of a major city in a tropical first after a cyclone ripped it away more than a decade ago. Key points: Whole seagrass meadows have never been successfully returned in the tropics The seagrass must be harvested and replanted in August and September only Traditional owners hope the …

Fish North Conor Abc Far Cairns Meadows

1 year, 4 months ago

The Scottish village reviving a loch

BBC

Seawilding: the Scottish community reviving a loch Philip Price/Seawilding The Scottish village of Ardfern is restoring oysters and seagrass meadows to its local Loch Craignish, in an effort to rewild it Loch Craignish in Scotland is being 'seawilded' with oysters and seagrass meadows: some of the world's most depleted habitats. For three years now, it has been home to one …

Credit Restoration Scotland Marine Village This Story Native

1 year, 11 months ago

Dozens of Florida manatees in rehab amid ongoing starvation

LA Times

Manatees gather in a Fort Lauderdale, Fla., canal near an outflow of warm water from a power plant in 2010. More than six dozen threatened manatees are in rehabilitation centers in Florida and elsewhere amid a chronic starvation problem caused by water pollution, wildlife officials said last week. World & Nation Florida manatees face starvation, though fewer have died this …

Florida Cape Canaveral Manatees Ongoing Starvation

2 years, 3 months ago

Dugong conservation range notified by TN govt

Deccan Chronicle

Chennai: The State government notified India’s first ‘Dugong Conservation Reserve’ in the Palk Bay, covering 448 square kilometres of the coastal waters of Thanjavur and Pudukottai districts in a bid to protect the endangered Dugong species and its marine habitats in the region on Wednesday. The announcement on the conservation reserve was made by the State government on the floor …

State Dugong Conservation Seagrass Beds Palk Bay

2 years, 3 months ago

India gets its first Dugong Conservation Reserve in Tamil Nadu

The Hindu

Tamil Nadu on Wednesday notified the country’s first ‘Dugong Conservation Reserve’ in Palk Bay covering the coastal waters of Thanjavur and Pudukottai districts with an area of 448 square kilometers. The coastal communities along Palk Bay understand the need to conserve dugongs and they have been cooperating with forest department in the conservation efforts ever since. To realise these objectives …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Excerpt: At the Feet of Living Things

Hindustan Times

Floating at the sea’s surface, equipped with just my mask, snorkel and flippers, I was engrossed in the lush seagrass meadow eight metres below. According to our estimates, the number of dugongs based on sightings from a robust network of informants covering most of the coastal waters was less than 50, in small pockets and at low densities, clinging on …

Animal Small Island Hours Feeding Meadow Meadows

2 years, 4 months ago

Whale shark found eating seagrass in first, making them world’s largest omnivores

The Independent

Scientists have found that the whale shark, which grows up to 18 metres in length, is the world’s largest omnivore after a new discovery that a type of seagrass is a significant source of nutrition for the gigantic fish. While on land, all the biggest creatures have always been herbivores, animals that get to large sizes in the sea – …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Sharks are millions of years older than dinosaurs and 5 other facts that may surprise you

CNN

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Sharks have been around since before Pangea broke apart, said Catherine Macdonald, director of Field School and lecturer at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric and Earth Science. “It’s probably these bigger species that play an outsized role in helping shape the ecosystems they’re a part of.” Shark pregnancies …

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2 years, 6 months ago

World’s largest plant found! It is self-cloning seagrass in Australia; see pic

India TV News

Scientists have discovered the world’s largest plant off the Australia coast, a seagrass meadow that has grown by repeatedly cloning itself. Genetic analysis has revealed that the underwater fields of waving green seagrass are a single organism covering 70 square miles through making copies of itself over 4,500 years. Scientists confirmed that the meadow was a single organism by sampling …

Square Miles Seagrass

2 years, 6 months ago

US agrees to update critical habitat for Florida manatees

Associated Press

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — U.S. wildlife officials have agreed to revise the critical habitat designation for Florida manatees, which have been dying in record numbers because water pollution is killing a main food source. The manatee critical habitat designation has not been updated since 1976; it’s something manatee advocates have been pushing for since 2008. Once it happens, manatee advocates …

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2 years, 6 months ago

World's largest plant discovered right under our noses in Western Australia

ABC

You'd think that the world's largest plant would stand out like a sore thumb. Key points: Genetic testing shows the single plant clone stretches over more than 180 kilometres Researchers had no idea it was a clone and were testing for genetic variability They estimate it's at least 4,500 years old But researchers have today revealed there's a plant about …

Plants Earth Bay Breed Genetic Clone Researchers

2 years, 6 months ago

Florida wildlife officials say some manatee food growing

Associated Press

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Wildlife officials working to prevent threatened Florida manatees from starving to death say they’re encouraged that some of the marine mammals’ favorite food is growing naturally in a key area. Seagrasses have been found growing recently in small areas of the Indian River Lagoon along Florida’s east coast where chronic pollution has wiped out much of …

Fwc Manatee Manatees Florida Wildlife

2 years, 9 months ago

Florida manatee feeding program to wind down as temps warm

Associated Press

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The experimental program that has fed tons of lettuce to starving manatees in Florida will begin to wind down as the weather warms, wildlife officials said Wednesday. Last year, more than 1,100 manatees died — far above the five-year average of about 202 annual deaths — mostly of starvation because their favored seagrass source of food …

Florida Manatee Manatees

2 years, 9 months ago

55 tons of lettuce fed to Florida’s starving manatees

Associated Press

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — More than 55 tons of lettuce have been fed to starving Florida manatees as part of an experimental program to help the slow-moving marine mammals since their natural food is being destroyed by water pollution, wildlife officials said Wednesday. “That’s a substantial amount,” said Ron Mezich, feeding program coordinator for the Florida wildlife commission. “We’re not …

Fed Manatees Florida Wildlife Starving Florida

2 years, 11 months ago

New research sheds light on diversity, need for protection of seagrass beds in dugong hotspot off NT coast

ABC

A team of researchers and Indigenous rangers have discovered why the Gulf of Carpentaria is such a dugong hotspot by carrying out a major survey of its seagrass beds, which are facing multiple threats from climate change. Key points: Scientists have been surprised by the extent and diversity of seagrass in the Gulf of Carpentaria Research has helped pinpoint where …

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Four Visakhapatnam students win U.S. fellowship for restoring coastal ecosystem with seagrass

Amid a rising tide of seagrass restoration, Shark Bay locals call for more power to heal their home

Marine Eco-Environmental Protection in China

Marine Eco-Environmental Protection in China

Underwater grassland proves to be a rich habitat for life

Underwater grassland proves to be a rich habitat for life

At Corner Inlet, fishermen have made a pact that safeguards their bay for future generations

Archipelago balances conservation with growth

Archipelago balances conservation with growth

Seagrass meadows begin extensive rehabilitation after 2011's destructive Cyclone Yasi

The Scottish village reviving a loch

Dozens of Florida manatees in rehab amid ongoing starvation

Dugong conservation range notified by TN govt

India gets its first Dugong Conservation Reserve in Tamil Nadu

Excerpt: At the Feet of Living Things

Whale shark found eating seagrass in first, making them world’s largest omnivores

Sharks are millions of years older than dinosaurs and 5 other facts that may surprise you

World’s largest plant found! It is self-cloning seagrass in Australia; see pic

US agrees to update critical habitat for Florida manatees

World's largest plant discovered right under our noses in Western Australia

Florida wildlife officials say some manatee food growing

Florida manatee feeding program to wind down as temps warm

55 tons of lettuce fed to Florida’s starving manatees

New research sheds light on diversity, need for protection of seagrass beds in dugong hotspot off NT coast