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Four Visakhapatnam students win U.S. fellowship for restoring coastal ecosystem with seagrass
3 days, 4 hours ago

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

The Hindu  

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 …

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

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The far-reaching benefits of tiger sharks for climate
3 years, 2 months ago

The far-reaching benefits of tiger sharks for climate

BBC  

The far-reaching benefits of tiger sharks for climate Getty Images Tiger sharks have far-reaching impacts on their ecosystems, and can help fight climate change by protecting their habitats Worldwide, shark populations are on the decline. By keeping the sea cow population in check, tiger sharks in Shark Bay help the seagrass meadows thrive. In Shark Bay, the tiger sharks were …

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How sea otters can fight climate change
3 years, 3 months ago

How sea otters can fight climate change

BBC  

How sea otters can fight climate change Getty Images The sea otter has an outsized effect on its ecosystem, helping it to absorb more carbon from the atmosphere Sea otters were hunted to the brink in the 19th Century fur trade, but their numbers have been slowly recovering since. Sea otters help ecosystems capture carbon from the atmosphere and store …

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How do Sharks, Ocean's Predators Play Major Role to Stablise Ecosystem
3 years, 4 months ago

How do Sharks, Ocean's Predators Play Major Role to Stablise Ecosystem

News 18  

In this intricately orchestrated world put to life by mother nature, each and every organism plays its role. For example, according to National Geographic, a 2007 study noted that the deficiency of great white sharks, led by their loss in the Atlantic Ocean, caused the number of cownose rays to shoot up. Not just this, sharks also store carbon in …

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Scientists are on a quest to save a climate ally: seagrasses
3 years, 8 months ago

Scientists are on a quest to save a climate ally: seagrasses

Live Mint  

Saya De Malha Bank, Indian Ocean: Hundreds of miles from the nearest shore, ribbon-like fronds flutter in the ocean currents sweeping across an underwater mountain plateau the size of Switzerland. "There are a lot of unknowns -- even things as simple as how much seagrass we have," said Oxford University earth observation scientist Gwilym Rowlands, who is helping the Seychelles …

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