Media Coverage
Making Waves – below you will find seagrass news, articles, and other media coverage featuring the work of Project Seagrass and wider research team.
2021
Coastal rewilding: restoring Scotlands seagrass meadows, Financial Times
Manatee deaths in Florida point to a global decline in seagrass ecosystems, Mongabay, 6 September 2021
Seagrass meadows: creating underwater soil, The Naked Scientists, 31 August 2021
Project Seagrass: Restoration underway to bring back plant to UK coast, ITV News, 23 July 2021
Underwater gardeners restore seagrass meadows to keep oceans healthy, Mongabay, 19 August 2021
World’s Largest Seagrass Project Proves “You Can Actually Restore the Oceans”, Reasons to be Cheerful, 6 July 2021
Seagrass: a swimmers guide, The Outdoor Swimming Society
Seagrass meadows shrank by 92% in UK waters – restoring them could absorb carbon emissions and boost fish, The Conversation, 4 March 2021
Natural Remedies: How Mother Nature can help us with the climate crisis, ITV News, 23 July 2021
Project Seagrass: restoring our oceans, Green World, 22 October 2021
Scottish seagrass and oyster restoration project to benefit Forth marine life and tackle climate change, The Scotsman, 27 October 2021
The big solutions – is there a silver bullet for climate change?, iNews, 25 October 2021
2020
Climate change: Carbon-reducing seagrass planted off Welsh coast, BBC News, 10th March
UK’s lost sea meadows to be resurrected in climate fight, The Guardian, 10th March
Almost a million seagrass seeds planted off coast of west Wales to tackle climate change, ITV News, 10th March
Seagrass: A million seeds planted off Pembrokeshire coast, BBC News, 10th March
Why seagrass is so important to our environment, BBC News, 19th February
Alderney seagrass planted in Wales, ITV News, 3rd January 2020
2019
Seagrass: The lesser-known superstar in the fight against the climate crisis, WWF, 31st October
The UK’s biggest seagrass restoration scheme – in pictures, The Guardian, 18th September
One million seeds to be planted in the UK’s biggest seagrass restoration scheme, Swansea University, 11th September
Wales to lead UK’s biggest ever seagrass restoration, ITV News, 4th September
‘Wonder plant’ will tackle climate change, conservationists say, BBC News, 4th September
Scheme launched to restore ‘wonder plant’ seagrass in UK waters, ITV News, 4th September
Planting hope: Seagrass, WWF, August
2018
Threat to marine powerhouse: doom and gloom for seagrass, New Straits Times 11th August
The value of seagrass in securing a sustainable planet, Phys.org, 8th August
A call for seagrass protection, Science, 3rd August
Beautiful science, New Straits Times, 5th July
A new app puts seagrass mapping in the hands of ocean lovers, The Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation, 30th June
There’s Now an App for Mapping Seagrass, the Oceans’ Great Carbon Sink, EcoWatch, Jun 15th
Richard Lilley: Help us put seagrass meadows on the map, The Scotsman, 9th June
Right-strangled triangle: saving Indonesian seagrass, Geographical, 8th June
SeagrassSpotter, Cardiff University News, 8th June
Put seagrass on the map with citizen science, Blue Planet Society, 5th June
Loss of marine habitats is threatening the global fishing industry, The Conversation, 21st May
World’s biggest fisheries supported by seagrass meadows, Science Daily, 21st May
Seagrass loss: The disaster is creeping, The Jakarta Post, 10th April
Seagrass meadows as Natural Capital, Green Economy Coalition, 1st March
Small-scale fisheries are throwing away fish that could feed those in poverty, The Conversation, 23rd February
Pollution blights UK seagrass meadows, BBC News, 16th February
Sewage and livestock waste is killing Britain’s seagrass meadows – new study, The Conversation, 14th February
2017
How local ecological knowledge can save endangered and rare animals, The Conversation, 30th November
Seagrass is a key fishing ground globally, Nature Ecology & Evolution, 28th November
Secret Gardens under the Sea: exploring the humble seagrass meadow, Nature Ecology & Evolution, 27th November
Why saving our blue planet may lie in the hands of citizen scientists, The Conversation, 23rd November
Fishing ‘best argument for seagrass conservation’, BBC, 17th November
How underwater gardening can rewild the Atlantic Ocean, The Conversation, 6th November
Indonesians plant trees to nurse seagrass back to health in Wakatobi, Mongabay, 31st October
How hurricanes such as Irma and Maria can devastate the Caribbean marine environment, The Conversation, 25th September
BBC Countryfile – Llyn Peninsula, BBC One, 27th August
Circles in the sand reveal boating damage to marine biodiversity, Phys.org, 27th July
Our Living Seas – Scotland’s Seagrass Meadows, Scottish Wildlife Trust, 14th July
Seagrass meadow research aided by app launch, BBC, 24th April
2016
Genes reveal how the seahorse got its snout and became a great father, The Conversation, 15th December
Seagrass spotters sought, West Highland Free Press, 22nd November
Scientists call for the protection of the little-known and disappearing ecosystem: seagrass ‘meadows’, The Ecologist, 21st November,
Call to help map coastline plant, John O’Groat Journal, 11th November
Platform; Loss of seagrass meadows is a carbon time bomb, The Scotsman, 17th October
Call for action to protect ‘the lungs of the sea’, BBC News, 10th October
Seagrass is a marine powerhouse, so why isn’t it on the world’s conservation agenda?, The Conversation, 10th October
Seagrass meadows to be saved around Scottish coasts, The Scotsman, 1st July
Conservation drone reveals uncharted seagrass habitat in Cambodia, Phys.org, 26th March
Seahorses of Britain at risk of dying out because their habitat is being destroyed by pollution and trawling, DailyMail, 17th January
U.K. seagrass meadows suffering, Science, 15th January
Seagrass meadows around British Isles in ‘perilous state’, BBC News, 13th January
Scilly Has Healthiest Seagrass Beds In The Country, ScillyToday, 13th January
2015
Protection of our marine life needs more than marine protected areas, we need to make it resilient, ScienceDaily, 23rd November
Seagrass meadows – carbon sinks and fishery powerhouses, BluePlanetSociety, 9th November
Ensuring the Resilience of Seagrass Meadows, Conservation Jobs, 18th September
Call for more protection for seagrass meadows, BBC News, 27th June
2014
For the love of cod, let’s save our disappearing seagrass, The Conversation, 29th October
Seagrass fish feeding grounds ‘lost like rain forests’, BBC News, 12th August
Why are our sea prairies under serious threat?, WalesOnline, 18th June
Seagrass conservation in Indonesia protects fisheries, World Fishing, 3rd April
Seagrass restoration could reverse marine biodiversity decline, World Fishing, 11th February
