BACKGROUND Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are places in the ocean that receive
protection to safeguard biodiversity from abatable threats. Confusion exists about the …

Seagrasses are remarkable plants that have adapted to live in a marine environment. They
form extensive meadows found globally that bioengineer their local environments and …

The Paris Agreement target of limiting global surface warming to 1.5–2° C compared to pre-
industrial levels by 2100 will still heavily impact the ocean. While ambitious mitigation and …

Plants are important in urban environments for removing pathogens and improving water
quality. Seagrass meadows are the most widespread coastal ecosystem on the planet …

Strong decreases in greenhouse gas emissions are required to meet the reduction trajectory
resolved within the 2015 Paris Agreement. However, even these decreases will not avert …

Vegetated coastal habitats, including seagrass and macroalgal beds, mangrove forests and
salt marshes, form highly productive ecosystems, but their contribution to the global carbon …

Global climate change and localized anthropogenic stressors are driving rapid declines in
coral reef health. In vitro experiments have been fundamental in providing insight into how …

Seagrasses, marine flowering plants, provide a wide range of ecosystem services, defined
here as natural processes and components that directly or indirectly benefit human needs …

Seagrass ecosystems represent a global marine resource that is declining across its range.
To halt degradation and promote recovery over large scales, management requires a radical …

Global‐scale ocean acidification has spurred interest in the capacity of seagrass
ecosystems to increase seawater pH within crucial shoreline habitats through photosynthetic …