- Marine heatwave in Western Australia in 2010 set off massive “carbon bomb”, damaging world’s largest seagrass meadow, releasing millions of tonnes of carbon that had been collected for thousands of years below surface...22% of seagrass was lost...release of up to 9m tonnes of carbon. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/mar/20/marine-heatwave-set-off-carbon-bomb-in-worlds-largest-seagrass-meadow 11 comments worldnews
- Marine heatwave set off 'carbon bomb' in world's largest seagrass meadow. 22% of seagrass in Western Australia’s Shark Bay was lost after 2010-11 heatwave, causing release of up to 9m tonnes of carbon. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/mar/20/marine-heatwave-set-off-carbon-bomb-in-worlds-largest-seagrass-meadow 26 comments science
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- Extreme weather has damaged nearly half Australia's marine ecosystems since 2011 | Coastlines | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jul/28/extreme-weather-has-damaged-nearly-half-australias-marine-ecosystems-since-2011 21 comments
- Turtles Have Led Us to Their Secret Seagrass Meadows - Atlas Obscura https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/turtles-guides-to-seagrass-meadows 0 comments
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