Noyo Center to host virtual talk Thursday on how seagrass fights climate change

MENDOCINO Co., 6/8/24 – When it comes to removing greenhouse gas from the atmosphere, trees may be nature’s best-known tool at sequestration. However, according to researchers at the University of California Davis Earth and Planetary Sciences Department and Bodega Marine Laboratory, the ocean is just as important to fighting climate change. 

The ocean’s role in climate change will be the focus of Thursday’s virtual talk hosted by the Noyo Center for Marine Science. The program, titled “Seagrass: A Climate Change Solution,” will focus on how seagrass, which is found on every continent except Antarctica, sequesters carbon, provides coastal protection, enhances biodiversity and stabilizes sediments.