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Beneath the surface a dense seagrass meadow is growing.

Six Global Challenges: One Powerful Solution. Project Seagrass launches Global Seagrass Challenge Fund to save the world’s seagrass.

March 1, 2026

Now seeking investment, the Global Seagrass Challenge Fund will unite funders, businesses, and individuals committed to securing a future for seagrass. With an ambitious target of £50 million, the Fund will support people-centred seagrass conservation for a healthier ocean and a fairer future. Project Seagrass has launched the Global Seagrass

A group of volunteers snorkel in a seagrass meadow in Porthdinllaen in North Wales.

Seagrass meadows could be good for your health – yet they’re disappearing fast

February 19, 2026

The wellbeing benefits of nature are often linked to forests or habitats that support diverse pollinators. Spending time in green spaces reduces stress and anxiety, for example. By contrast, the benefits of the ocean are more commonly associated with fishing, exciting creatures such as whales and dolphins, or adventure watersports, rather than

Can seagrass survive extreme heat? Exploring how different species withstand elevated water temperatures

February 19, 2026

Extreme heat can have a devastating effect on seagrass, but new research from Edith Cowan University (ECU) could shape how these vitally important marine ecosystems are managed and restored. In separate studies carried out on both the west and east coasts of Australia, researchers have investigated how seagrasses stand up

Accelerate Seagrass: Exploring the process of site selection

February 17, 2026

Accelerate Seagrass is a collaborative program being delivered by Climate Impact Partners, Deloitte, Project Seagrass, and the National Oceanography Centre which aims to support groundbreaking research into seagrass carbon sequestration and unlock long-term finance to save and reinstate vital seagrass meadows. Part of this programme of work involves collaborating with community groups across Scotland to develop knowledge

Two divers are taking seagrass cores from a seagrass meadow in Orkney as part of research into the biodiversity within these meadows.

Open Letter to Crown Estate Scotland. Scottish Seagrass Collaborative Response to: Approach to Marine Enhancement Proposals (issued November 2025)

February 17, 2026

The Scottish Seagrass Collaborative, responds to Crown Estate Scotland’s Approach to Marine Enhancement Proposals: We write as marine scientists, restoration practitioners, and organisations working across Scotland’s coasts and seas, in response to Crown Estate Scotland’s Approach to Marine Enhancement Proposals. We welcome Crown Estate Scotland’s commitment to responsible stewardship of

From conversation to commitment: reflections on Coastal Futures

February 12, 2026

Two weeks ago, I joined colleagues and collaborators at the Coastal Futures Conference at the Royal Geographical Society in London. The theme this year was ‘From Ambition to Action’, a sentiment that seems to be playing on repeat across the conferencing world with, with yet and seemingly as always, not

Shore crab – Creatures that call seagrass home

February 11, 2026

In this blog series, our Conservation Trainee Abi David explores some of the amazing creatures that call seagrass meadows their home. The shore crab, also known as the green crab, are contentious within the seagrass world. They have important ecological roles within their habitats, but their tendency towards destruction and

A large patch of seagrass is growing in Dale Bay.

Local fisher designs innovative shellfish pot which is helping to protect seagrass in Pembrokeshire

January 19, 2026

In Dale Bay, Pembrokeshire, a collaboration between local fishers and marine conservation charity Project Seagrass is showing positive results for both sustainable fishing and seagrass restoration. Dale Bay is the location of an ongoing seagrass restoration project, delivered by South Wales based charity Project Seagrass and overseen by the Dale

Map of the Solent. Credit Angela Harding

Songs from the Solent: New album by Richard Walters celebrates local community, culture, and the fight to restore coastal nature

January 19, 2026

Grammy-nominated singer and Solent Seascape Project collaborate with Jeremy Irons and Angela Harding to celebrate and protect the region’s coastal habitats. The Solent Seascape Project, of which Project Seagrass is a partner, has launched Songs from the Solent, a new EP by Grammy-nominated singer and songwriter Richard Walters that uses music to spotlight the Solent’s threatened coastal habitats

Illustration of a seagrass meadow with a seahorse and a canada goose.

The forgotten meadows of Northern Ireland

January 13, 2026

Grace Cutler, one of our 2025-26 Project Seagrass interns, reflects on Rebekah Bajkó’s research, Coastal Roots: The History of Seagrass in Northern Ireland. Northern Irish Seagrass In November 2025, I attended the UK Seagrass Symposium, an exciting conference hosted every two years to highlight the current state of seagrass research

A patch of seagrass fragments planted at Priory Bay, Isle of Wight.

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Fragment Walk reflections

As our Fragment Walks from the 2025/26 season come to an end Project Seagrass Intern Anya Lamparelli reflects on this year’s efforts. A seagrass fragment is a precious and vulnerable thing. Torn free by winter storms and strong swells these delicate shoots with intricate root systems still attached wash ashore

May 6, 2026

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Nitrogen pollution identified as major driver of biodiversity loss in UK coastal waters

A new study of the British Isles’ coastal ecosystems has revealed that nitrogen enrichment is significantly reducing the abundance and variety of marine life. The research, published by scientists at Swansea University and the charity Project Seagrass, warns that increasing nutrient flows are overriding local habitat conditions to restructure and

May 5, 2026

A sign with information about the Isle of Wight's seagrass meadows is attached to railings on the slipway at Seaview.

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Seagrass signage installed in the Solent

Residents and visitors to the Isle of Wight can now access information about the Island’s important seagrass habitats thanks to new signage installed through support from Seacology. The signage has been installed by Project Seagrass as part of ongoing efforts to protect and restore seagrass ecosystems within the Solent. The signs

April 29, 2026

Posidonia species of seagrass in tropical blue waters underwater

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Hurricanes devastated Florida’s East Coast. Then seagrass made an unexpected comeback

Hannah Harrero and Stephanie Insalaco-Wyner, geographers from Florida, comment on differing methods of monitoring the resilience of seagrass meadows in Florida’s ‘Mosquito Lagoon’, following a number of extreme weather events. Florida’s Indian River Lagoon has been an ecosystem in decline going back to 2011, when harmful algal blooms led to a severe decline in

April 23, 2026

A species of seagrass; Zostera marina. Credit Ben Jones

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‘Protected’ seagrass meadows aren’t necessarily healthy – because pollution doesn’t stop at the shoreline

Heidi McIlvenny, PhD researcher from Queen’s University Belfast, comments on seagrass meadows in Northern Ireland and how seagrass meadows can recover but only if we tackle the pollution at its source. I spent last summer wading through seagrass meadows across Northern Ireland, from the sheltered waters of Strangford Lough to

April 15, 2026

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Fieldwork notes from our Solent planting

Between the 17th and 23rd March 2026, members of the Project Seagrass team were on the Isle of Wight carrying out active restoration as part of the The Solent Seascape Project, the first project of its kind in the UK to initiate seascape-scale restoration. As part of The Solent Seascape

April 9, 2026

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