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Florida Museum of Natural History

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Caption

Seagrasses stabilize sediment, reducing erosion and enhancing the accumulation of nutrient-rich biomatter. They’re so good at doing this that even though seagrass meadows cover only 0.2% of the ocean floor, they’re responsible for 50% of marine carbon burial.

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Ben Jones / Ocean Image Bank

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