Local scientists embark on an underwater climate solution — a pilot-scale restoration of eelgrass, a known tool for capturing carbon emissions and mitigating effects. A chilly wind sparked waves ...

Natalie Petykowski of East Hampton Middle School told the East Hampton Town Trustees that the native eelgrass population has been decimated by pollution and nonnative invasive species. CHRISTOPHER ...

The Richardson Bay Regional Agency has officially launched the “eelgrass protection zone,” a milestone in a long effort to restore the ecological resource. The move is part of an initiative to ...

An underwater flowering plant with long green leaves, eelgrass is the foundation of the marine food web. It provides shelter and a mating ground for juvenile fish and lobster. It improves water ...

The European Green Crab Subcommittee is asking the public to help them fight the spread of an especially harmful invasive ...

Using bins of eelgrass shoots, members of the North Fork Polar Bears — a group that enjoys cold water plunges in local waters all winter — wove eelgrass shoots into a disc-shaped biodegradable ...

Seaweed has long been a food staple in Japan. However, a chunky, slimy kelp called eelgrass is drawing international attention because of its potential as an eco-friendly supercrop. As it turns ...

Why a chunky, slimy kelp called eelgrass is drawing international attention Seaweed has long been a food staple in Japan. However, a chunky, slimy kelp called eelgrass is drawing international ...

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