Another couple of successful planting days last week.
It was great to meet the Moray Ocean Community (MOC) volunteers who came out to help with some saltmarsh restoration in the Dornoch Firth.
They helped us fill a few more gaps in the site we'd started planting with the Dornoch Academy pupils the day before.
The MOC volunteers were also noting the seagrasses growing alongside the saltmarsh and logged the patches they saw on the seagrass spotter app. #saltmarsh#seagrass#NatureRestorationFund
The Gulf of Mexico is experiencing sea level rise two to three times as fast as the global average due to a combination of warmer waters and wind circulation patterns. Now, a newly released long-term study from marine scientists at The University of Texas at Austin has found rising sea levels can be linked to a loss of valuable #seagrass habitats in Texas. #Environmental#EarthScience#Ecology#ClimateChange#sflorg https://www.sflorg.com/2024/02/en02272402.html
I urge you to re-list the West Indian manatee subpopulations, including the #Florida manatee, as endangered. One-fifth of Florida manatees died in the last two years alone. Their #population can’t sustain such heavy losses.
#Pollution in the water has created massive algal blooms which block the sun from reaching the sea floor, killing the #seagrass
Celebrating #seagrass with new works by #gamelan group #RhythmInBronze in #SeruanSetu - "Secret Gardens of the Sea". Composers, musicians, videographers, directors & production team first spent several days with the #fishers of #TanjungKupang to understand the habitat & its vital role.
"building a community of arts practitioners dedicated to environmental #conservation, and creating new work...
...the Malay #gamelan instrument is synonymous with rhythmic patterns that emulate the sound of ocean waves..." #Pew Fellow in Marine Conservation, Music Director of #RhythmInBronze, Dr #JillianOoi. #SeruanSetu, #KL performances 24-27Aug, conference 29Aug.
Seagrass is so important to carbon capture, sea-life habitat, stopping coastal erosion etc, but it's hard work to replant lost seagrass meadows. So this robotic seed planting machine is really exciting.