This is especially important as more than 50% of native eelgrass has declined in recent years. The event built on COBALT’s previous work weaving the arts, spirituality and scientific exploration.

The St. Johns River Eelgrass Revegetation Project will see the planting of 1,000,000 native eelgrass (Vallisneria neotropicalis) plants in Lake George, using verified stock harvested from Lake Monroe.

Researchers collected thousands of eelgrass leaves at 36 sites along the Pacific Coast from Southern California to Alaska, uploading high resolution images of each plant. Gomes and Rappazzo used ...

It’s also in danger. Scientists are working to restore what has been lost — roughly half of the native eelgrass cover. If not to its original glory, then at least to something more expansive ...