Climate change is an ever-pressing concern, with innovative ways to remove excess carbon from the atmosphere a continued focus of scientists. One such carbon sequestration method turns to an unlikely sink—seagrass—a marine flowering plant (angiosperm) that is found in shallow coastal waters up to 50m depth on all continents except Antarctica.

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There’s a replanting program near where I am, and its insanely labour intensive.

Harvesting seeds. Growing them in tanks. And then plenting them in the ocean. A lot of acuba divers, a lot of time. Super time consuming.

And the area to reseed? Well, the total area to replant is maybe 66km² (25 square miles).

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