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Seagrasses store carbon more efficiently than rainforests, making them a crucial part of climate change mitigation. http://www.flickr.com/photos/alessiodl

Failure to protect seagrass may cost Australia $45b

Seagrass stores carbon 35 times faster than rainforests, preventing billions of tonnes of greenhouse gases escaping every year, but its crucial role in slowing climate change has been largely overlooked…
Vast meadows of seagrass are thought to be the oldest living things on the planet. Flickr/Submon

100,000‑year‑old seagrass could be the world’s oldest organism

An ancient seagrass that spans up to 15 kilometres and weighs more than 6,000 metric tonnes may be more than 100,000 years old - making it the oldest living organism, Australian researchers have found…

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