Fig. 1 from the highlighted article: Seagrass species distribution (solid and dashed lines surrounding the coastline) in Australia overlaid with average summer ocean temperatures (blue to red colour scale, based on December to March 10 yr average from 2011 to 2022; temperature data sourced from NOAA satellite imagery).

#Seagrasses in hot water: mapping thermal risk and resilience in a warming #ocean

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👆 A #Commentary by Cloverley M. Lawrence on this article by Said et al.
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On the cover of New Phytologist volume 249, issue 6: Color-coded confocal z-stack depicting the three-dimensional architecture of a fungal-algal coculture isolated from a local pond. Fungal hyphae are visualized by calcofluor staining, while algal cells are detected through their native autofluorescence. Image courtesy of Mamoona Khan.

🆕Our #LatestIssue is online now!

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Highlights include:
🌱 #Seagrasses in hot water
🌱 The environmentally responsive #plant epigenome
🌱 From #bacterial predators to partners

this graph from Duarte et al, in Nature in 2020, shows the global increase in marine protected areas and the restoration projects on coral reefs, mangroves, seagrasses, etc.

These authors show the global growth of restoration interventions,
These have been done in #MPAs Marine Protected Areas, #coral and oyster reefs, #saltmarshes, #mangroves, kelps and #seagrasses
There is a clear increase of recovery in recent years
#GES4SEAS […]

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image of seagrass and mangrove recovery, as well as a sunset with pangas for fishing

Other coastal systems around the world have also recovered thanks to the stewardship of local communities, such as in Palau with #mangroves and #seagrasses, and pangas for fishing. We are happy receiving your comments on similar examples of recovery in your country

Landscape‐Mediated Effects of Climate Change on Metacommunities Inhabiting Mediterranean Seagrass Aim Climate change affects dramatically biogenic habitats by altering the geographic distribution of the foundational species and the structure of landscapes they form. As a consequence, the associa...

📢 Exciting NEWS
We just published a new work amazingly leaded by Damiano Baldan at @ogsit.bsky.social where we combined niche and neutral models to understand the future rearrangement of #Mediterranean #Seagrasses and their associated diversity consequences 🐚
Take look here 👇🏽
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Graphical abstract showing three stage model including vulnerability assessment, thermal optima and resilience building.

#Seagrasses are most vulnerable to #marine #heatwaves in #tropical #zones: local‐scale and broad climatic zone variation in thermal tolerances

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Discriminating #Seagrasses from Green #Macroalgae in European Intertidal Areas Using High-Resolution #Multispectral #Drone Imagery

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Time for a restyling. Brand new website with updated data on the presence of fish species associated with Mediterranean #seagrasses, including the #invasive #lessepsian migrant #Halophila #stipulacea.

medseafishe.github.io/medseafishe/

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Seagrass as a carbon sponge? In a pair of studies, U-M researchers evaluated the impact of nitrogen and phosphorus on seagrass, short, turf-like grasses that live in shallow, coastal areas. They found that nutrients can increase seagrass's ability to store carbon. However, in a second study, the researchers also found that an overload of nitrogen could lead to increased phytoplankton growth, which can shade out and kill seagrass.

4-Sep-2025
Seagrass as a carbon sponge?
U-M studies suss out the impact of #nutrients on coastal #seagrasses

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1097021

#science #ecology #ClimateCatastrophe #marineBiology

‘Blue carbon’ pioneer receives prestigious Japan Prize The professor who coined the term ‘blue carbon’ has been awarded the 2025 Japan Prize, one of the world’s most prestigious international awards ...

‘Blue carbon’ pioneering prof receives prestigious #JapanPrize for work on #oceans and coastal regions, Kalinga Seneviratne reports
#KAUST #mangroves #seagrasses #climate #RedSea
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Just back from CNR-IAS (Sicily) after setting up our experiment, ECLIPSES!
We're diving into the fascinating role of chronobiology in regulating development, growth, and the stress response in Posidonia oceanica seedlings. 🌱Crucial for preserving these vital meadows?
#circadianrhythms #seagrasses

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10-Apr-2025
Transplanting Posidonia oceanica: a major scientific advance for the #conservation of #seagrassMeadows
This unprecedented experiment, conducted over a period of eight years, opens up new prospects for the preservation of seagrass meadows threatened by coastal urbanization […]

World Seagrass Day World Seagrass Day is an annual event held on March 1 to raise awareness about seagrass and its important functions in the marine ecosystem.

#KnowledgeByte: #Seagrasses have a significant global role in supporting food security, mitigating climate change, and protecting coastlines.

#WorldSeagrassDay is an annual event held on March 1 to raise awareness about seagrass and its important functions.

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🌊💰 Mediterranean #seagrasses provide $11.6B in #EcosystemServices annually—but remain undervalued! Our new study maps their benefits, from coastal protection to carbon storage. Time to protect this natural capital!

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#MarineConservation #MarineEcology 🧪🌍🌐

Who’s the oldest here?!

Today we collected Posidonia oceanica rhizomes near Ischia Island to estimate the age of these clones through lepidochronological analysis for the PhD project PLASTIC-AGE.

#seagrasses #science

A map delineating coastal wetlands and seagrasses on both sides of a barrier island. The image includes a legend with colors corresponding to the features and a pop-up window displaying data for an area clicked by a user.

A #ValentinesDay map for lovers of #estuaries. Coastal #wetlands and #seagrasses in Loveladies, New Jersey. 💙💙

🌊 Interactive map: portal.midatlanticocean.org/url_shortene... 🧪

2024-25 Global Change Research Fellow, Hannah Ferraro from the University of the Virgin Islands tells us about how her research on #seagrasses has important implications for #CarbonSequestration in the ocean! 🌊

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Ten golden rules for restoration to secure resilient and just seagrass social‐ecological systems Seagrass meadows are a globally important habitat subject to significant loss. As efforts to restore these sensitive habitats are hampered by their high cost and low levels of reliability, rigorous g....

"Ten golden rules for restoration to secure resilient and just seagrass social‐ecological systems"

Do you coincide with these rules?

#MarineEcology
#Restoration
#Seagrasses
#Socio-ecology

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Virtual Issue: Marine macrophytes in a changing world

Key papers that have shed light on the responses of #seagrasses and habitat-forming #macroalgae to environmental change.

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Redirecting...

www.facebook.com/share/p/1XhU... #seahorses #seagrasses #sydney 🇦🇺

#seagrasses and #salt marshes can store more carbon than #trees - adding it up is easier said than done, chart @BostonGlobe
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A key conclusion of the study ⬇️ is
"By 2100 the current range of brown #seaweeds and #seagrasses will be eroded by 5–6%, and highly suitable macrophyte habitats will be substantially reduced globally (78–96%)"

#Climate #Biodiversity #algae #marinebiology #marinescience #oceans

Projected loss of brown macroalgae and seagrasses with global environmental change - Nature Communications Habitat-forming marine macrophytes (brown macroalgae and seagrasses) provide important ecological and socio-economic services but are threatened by climate change. In this study, models of their future distribution under different climate change projections forecast a substantial redistribution of these groups globally, with loss of diversity and habitat.

Our new paper in @NatureComms led by @Cassiopaea1:

Projected loss of brown #macroalgae and #seagrasses with global environmental change

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-48273-6

@cmgustafsson @anorkko @Lydiaa_Jane @GiovanniStrona @helsinkiuni @Tvarminne @Flinders @GlobEcoFlinders @EU_ScienceHub

#KnowledgeByte: #Seagrasses have a significant global role in supporting food security, mitigating climate change, and protecting coastlines.

#WorldSeagrassDay is an held on March 1 to raise awareness about seagrass and its important functions.

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Gene analyses revealing the capacity of #seagrasses to exist under changing conditions provide clues for their conservation and sustainable use. Media info 👉 www.geomar.de/en/news/arti... Publication 👉 doi.org/10.1038/s414... @thorstenreusch.bsky.social

🌊 Excited to prepare a guest lecture on #BlueCarbon in #Seagrasses for an upper-level undergrad class! I've got some ideas in mind, but I'd love to hear from the bluesky community - any advanced topics, recent studies, or unique perspectives you'd recommend including?

🌿 Exciting news! Our #PRIN proposal #ENGAGE has been granted! 🙌 We'll be diving deep into the world of #seagrasses, exploring how positive species interactions can combat local stressors and bolster #ecosystemresilience against #climatechange. #NatureBasedSolutions

#Seagrasses act as a dense sediment trap, capturing #carbon & storing it in their soils. This then helps to buffer #coasts from erosion, storms and flooding. They are also vital for #marinelife, which depends on them for food, nutriments & shelter #OceanforClimate [3/5]

Gabriele Procaccini (Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Napoli, Italy)

Gene body and environmentally inducible DNA methylation in seagrasses: inter- and intraspecific differences and associations with transcriptome plasticity under warming conditions

#evolmar2020 #DNA #seagrasses

Secret Gardens Under the Sea: What are Seagrass Meadows and Why are They Important? In nearly all the seas around the world, in the shallow waters next to the land, are secret underwater gardens. These gardens are home to a special marine (saltwater) plant called seagrass. When seagrass grows in large areas, the habitat it creates is called a seagrass meadow. Seagrass meadows play an important role in keeping our oceans healthy and providing a home for all kinds of marine life. This marine life includes fishes that people eat, such as cod and plaice but also endangered species such as seahorses, turtles, and sea cows. Seagrasses absorb large amounts of carbon dioxide from the surrounding seawater, and so help to reduce the speed of climate change. Seagrasses help protect our coastlines from storms and rising tides because their leaves take energy out of the waves hitting the coast, and their roots act as an anchor in the underwater sand. Seagrasses also soak up nutrients and bacteria, helping to keep our seawater clean. But seagrasses around the world are being lost at a rate of about two football fields every hour. Lots of things can damage seagrass, from polluted water to boats dragging their anchors in seagrass meadows. Overfishing is a problem, since it causes an imbalance in the food chain. Unfortunately, seagrass does not get the attention it deserves because most people are unaware of its existence. We need to increase awareness of the importance of this beautiful and valuable habitat and get more people involved in monitoring and protecting seagrass, before it is too late.

Great idea to have a scientific journal for kids @FrontYoungMinds and publish about #seagrasses

kids.frontiersin.org/article/10.338…