Vital marine habitat under threat

Daniel Cressy at NatureNews highlights new research by Michelle Waycott et. al. appearing in PNAS. Michelle was co-author on "A Global Crisis for Seagrass Ecosystems" in 2006.

Destruction of seagrass on a par with loss of rainforests and coral reefs.

While the world has focused on the destruction mankind has brought to coral reefs, the massive loss of an equally important ecosystem has been widely ignored.

Now the first comprehensive assessment of the state of seagrass meadows around the world has revealed the damage that human activities have wrought on these economically and biologically essential areas.

Read Daniel's Summary here.
Read the OpenAccess article at PNAS Accelerating loss of seagrasses across the globe threatens coastal ecosystems.