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Seagrass meadows cover a tiny part of the seafloor, yet store a surprisingly large share of ocean carbon.

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Why it matters

The idea in context

NOAA notes that seagrasses occupy about 0.1% of the world's seafloor but account for about 11% of organic carbon buried in the ocean. Some of the planet's quietest ecosystems are doing planetary-scale work.

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Aynı kart, başka bir dilde.

Deniz çayırları okyanus tabanında çok az yer kaplar, ama karbonu saklama konusunda şaşırtıcı derecede etkilidir.

NOAA'ya göre deniz çayırları dünya deniz tabanının yalnızca yaklaşık %0,1'ini kaplar; buna rağmen okyanusta gömülü organik karbonun yaklaşık %11'iyle ilişkilidir. Sessiz, gösterişsiz ve çoğu zaman fark edilmeyen bu ekosistemler, iklimin görünmeyen emekçilerindendir.

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NOAA Office for Coastal Management blue carbon fast facts. Source: https://coast.noaa.gov/states/fast-facts/blue-carbon.html

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