University of Michigan: Caribbean Seagrasses Provide Services Worth $255B Annually, Including Vast Carbon Storage, Study Shows
June 22, 2023
June 22, 2023
ANN ARBOR, Michigan, June 22 (TNSjou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release:
Discussions of valuable but threatened ocean ecosystems often focus on coral reefs or coastal mangrove forests. Seagrass meadows get a lot less attention, even though they provide wide-ranging services to society and store lots of climate-warming carbon.
But the findings of a new University of Michigan-led study show that seagrass ecosystems deserve to be at the forefr . . .
Discussions of valuable but threatened ocean ecosystems often focus on coral reefs or coastal mangrove forests. Seagrass meadows get a lot less attention, even though they provide wide-ranging services to society and store lots of climate-warming carbon.
But the findings of a new University of Michigan-led study show that seagrass ecosystems deserve to be at the forefr . . .