Australian scientists restoring Sydney Harbour's seagrass meadows to save endangered seahorses

Sydney, July 24 -- Australian scientists are restoring Sydney Harbour's seagrass meadows while helping the endangered seahorse population recover.



Scientists from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) are restoring native seagrass meadows and building "hotels" to save the endangered White's Seahorse population in Sydney Harbour in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW), a UNSW news release said today.



White's Seahorse, native to eastern Australia, faces extinction as its key habitat, Posidonia meadows, has nearly vanished from Sydney's coast over the past 50 years due to urban growth and pollution, UNSW scientists warned today.



Seagrasses stabilise coastlines, store carbon, and nurture juvenile marine life; as they v...