'We need to make sure it goes undisturbed': Groundbreaking research maps vast UK seabed carbon stores

Michael Holder
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A seagrass meadow near Helford, Cornwall | Credit: Paul Naylor
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A seagrass meadow near Helford, Cornwall | Credit: Paul Naylor

First of their kind studies warn vast amounts of CO2 stored in UK seabed habitats are at risk of being disturbed by bottom trawler fishing and offshore development

Seabed habitats around the UK have been found to naturally store many hundreds of millions of tonnes of carbon, prompting calls for urgent action to prevent CO2 being released into the atmosphere from...

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