Eelgrass is a critical habitat for fish, protects against coastal erosion and stores carbon. But it's threatened by pollution and climate change. Dozens of local scientists are working to protect ...

Eelgrass, or Zostera marina, is widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere. Along the Atlantic coast of the United States, eelgrass primarily thrives from Chesapeake Bay to Maine, but it is ...

But eelgrass is disappearing rapidly around the globe, and in Canada, questions remain about where exactly these meadows are distributed, and how effective they are at storing carbon.

Several features distinguish Lake George. The most obvious is the lack of vegetation beyond reeds and eelgrass near the ...

“Eelgrass was once used all over [the world] to build houses, but the only women in the world who did it lived on Laeso,” he says. This isn’t your average building material.

Oregon wants to protect eelgrass. But the state isn’t stopping mechanical oyster harvesting from ripping it up on public lands Updated: Sep. 09, 2024, 8:38 a.m.

Eelgrass may become the official marine flora of Massachusetts, thanks to a bill proposed by two North Shore teenagers who want recognition for this little-known but ecologically important plant.

Eelgrass is a ribbon-like seagrass and the meadows support the base of the marine food web. The grass provides habitat and food to organisms ranging from invertebrates to fish to waterfowl.

Eelgrass, a type of seagrass, nearly completely died off in the Morro Bay estuary from 2007 to 2016. Restoration efforts have spurred a massive recovery.

Now we’re in a place with this eelgrass protection zone to put some of these lessons to work in a new place, and this is a spectacular eelgrass bed.” Richardson Bay in the Sausalito area on ...

Why Eelgrass in the Atlantic Ocean Faces an Uphill Battle The Ice Age left the plant off our East Coast with less genetic diversity than its relative in the Pacific. Rebecca Dzombak, Hakai.

What Works SOLUTIONS Indigenous Environment Eelgrass Is Amazing. Here’s Who’s Saving It Coastal livelihoods as well as our climate depend on the undersea fronds.