New Delhi, March 4 -- A recent review published on February 28, 2025 in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment by Carlos M Duarte, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and team shows that seagrass is declining worldwide due to human activities.

According to this review, seagrass has been declining at a rate of 1-2 per cent per year for the past century and nearly 5 per cent of species are now endangered.

They say that safeguarding 30 per cent of seagrass by 2030 could protect over 750 fish species, store millions of tons of carbon and sustain coastal communities.

Seagrass meadows are one of the most important but least appreciated ecosystems on Earth. They are better than trees for capturing ...