Seagrass project
By Millie, Myla, Emyr, Seren, Olly and Lexi
Here is a introduction to seagrass:
Seagrass plays a vital part in our environment because it can capture carbon up to 35 times faster than a tropical rainforest. Seagrasses are submerged flowering plants found from the shallow marine waters of the earth, such as bays, lagoons and along the continental shelf in the Gulf of Mexico.
Seagrass also provides a habitat for many sea creatures including turtles and seahorses.
Light is required for the plants to make food through photosynthesis like most plants. In the world there are more than 50 species of seagrass found, seven grow in Florida waters. In the Florida Keys, turtle grass, manatee grass, and shoal grass are the most common types of seagrass.
But on the other hand seagrass is disappearing, seagrass is disappearing because in addition to natural variability of the seagrass habitat, human intervention is becoming a major source of change to seagrass ecosystems.
Did you know:
A large patch of seagrass is called a seagrass meadow.
Seagrass is vital to slowing climate change.
Seagrass is different from seaweed.
There are many different types of seagrass.
Here we will answer some question about seagrass:
Are seagrass and seaweed related? Seagrass and seaweed are not related, even though they look alike.
What is seagrass? Seagrass is a flourishing plant that lives underwater, seagrass is very much like most plants it needs sunlight to survive.
Why is seagrass important? Seagrass is important because it plays a very important part of our environment because it can capture carbon fast and efficiently.
How long does seagrass live for once it has been planted? After seagrass has been planted, it normally lives for about 200,000 years on average which is a very long time. 🧓
Here is a map to Car y mor where they farm seaweed and seagrass in Saint Davids:
In our local area which is Pembrokeshire, we have a local seagrass/seaweed farm in Saint Davids which you can see to the right in the map.
Where we live we are very local to the sea, we may not be able to see but we probably do have a seagrass meadow in our local seas.
With all our hard work we hope to inspire others any age, to help with the environment and climate and not just this problem. We think our work will help people of our age to care for their world and help seagrass recover.
Here is a link to the official WWF Project Seagrass Website