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Seasside Sustainability reports

As climate change continues to demand attention, the search for possible solutions to regulate the amount of carbon dioxide released into our atmosphere is urgent. Nature provides resources that control the carbon cycle by acting as carbon sinks. Carbon sinks, such as forests, rocks, and oceans, can absorb and store carbon from the atmosphere. Seagrass meadows are vital to carbon sequestration because they store about 10% of the earth’s carbon and they take in carbon 35x faster than rainforests. However, human activities which contribute to agricultural and urban runoff have put these delicate ecosystems at risk.

Read more at  The Effects of Runoff Pollution: The Case of Seagrass Meadows