Photo of the day

Seagrass is the lush green water meadow of our deep blue, a wonder plant that works hard to absorb 10% of the ocean’s carbon each year, despite covering just 0.2% of the vast sea floor. By drawing carbon dioxide from the water as part of photosynthesis, seagrass sequesters carbon 35 times faster than the rainforest, a vital marine resource that nurtures and supports endangered seahorses, fish, and millions of invertebrates. Posidonia oceanica, also known as “Neptune grass” (featured in today’s photo), is a particularly vibrant species of seagrass, with a luscious swathe in the Mediterranean thought to be the oldest known living organism on our planet, reaching back 200,000 years 🧜‍♂️