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Underwater Meadows Planted in the UK to Help Reverse Climate Change
um ano atrásThe Ocean Conservation Trust is working to replant seagrass in the UK to help marine life and reduce the effects of climate change.
After a year of preparation, volunteers have just started a four-year project to restore an underwater meadow in Plymouth Sound National Marine Park.
Seagrass can store a large amount of carbon, but it has been lost due to pollution and physical disturbance.
Not only does seagrass provide a habitat for marine life, but it also offers protection against storms and waves.
The seeds are expected to germinate in around three weeks. The four-year project aims to plant a total of eight hectares of seagrass meadows.
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Vocabulary List
- Seagrass - a type of grass that grows in salt water
- Marine life - animals and plants that live in the ocean
- Climate change - a long-term change in the Earth's weather patterns
- Carbon - a chemical element that is found in all living things
- Pollution - the contamination of air, water, or soil with harmful substances
- Disturbance - the act of interrupting the normal course or activity of something
- Habitat - the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism
- Seed - a small hard structure that contains the plant embryo and from which a new plant grows
- Germinate - to begin to grow or develop
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1. Do you think this is a good use of time and resources?
2. What do you think are the benefits of replanting seagrass?
3. Do you think more projects like this should be undertaken?
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Source: https://www.euronews.com/green/2021/04/28/enormous-underwater-meadows-planted-in-the-uk-to-fight-climate-change
