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Eelgrass is Extraordinary!

Eelgrass is an extraordinary ecosystem. It grows in meadows that create important habitats for marine life like scallops, fish, crabs and lobsters. Meadows also help tie down sediments and filter nutrients from water. MassBays worked with MIT Sea Grant and the EPA to study carbon storage in eelgrass beds along the coast of Massachusetts. They found that local eelgrass beds may help slow climate change by soaking up carbon from the atmosphere and storing carbon in sediments for decades. Eelgrass meadows are fragile, and can take years to recover from damage caused by anchors, or even misplaced footsteps. Next time you are at the beach, take a moment to see if there is an eelgrass bed close by! Checkout our website for more information