seagrasses Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Tue, 22 May 2012 15:10:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Coastal Seagrasses Store Two Times More Carbon Than Forests https://www.greenoptimistic.com/seagrasses-carbon-store-20120522/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/seagrasses-carbon-store-20120522/#respond Tue, 22 May 2012 15:10:54 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=24630 Although they’re easily ignored, seagrasses have been found to be one of the greatest carbon sinks on the planet. The study, published in Nature Geosciences, reveals that they can store up to 83,000 metric tons of carbon per square kilometer. For a change, the average forest can only store 30,000 tons of carbon per square […]

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