Seagrasses store carbon faster than rainforests
Seagrass meadows are unsung climate heroes, storing carbon at rates far exceeding rainforests and offering a powerful, scalable solution for global carbon storage.
Don't let their size fool you: seagrass meadows are climate superheroes. These underwater plants, covering less than 1% of the ocean floor, capture and store carbon up to 35 times faster than tropical rainforests per unit area. This 'blue carbon' is locked away in sediments for thousands of years, far longer than in many land-based systems.
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