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A new study published in the journal Nature Geoscience indicates that seagrasses can store up to twice as much carbon as the world’s forests with about 90 percent of the carbon stored in the seagrasses’ roots and soil.

Researcher James Fourqurean stated, "seagrasses only take up a small percentage of global coastal area, but this assessment shows that they are a dynamic ecosystem for carbon transformation."

Seagrasses are considered one of the world’s most threatened ecosystems primarily due to poor water quality and dredging. With the ability to substantially reduce environmental carbon, it is even more important to preserve the world's coastal seagrass meadows.

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