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Queen Elizabeth owns most of the U.K. seabed. That's slowing conservation work

Queen Elizabeth owns most of the U.K. seabed. That's slowing conservation work

The royal family is called on to help recover Britain's biodiversity, starting with royal properties.
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Some seagrasses work harder than others to slow climate change

By keeping the carbon out of the atmosphere, seagrass meadows help regulate our climate system. However, a recent study of an Australian estuary found that they're not all equally good at storing carbon.

Australia’s vast carbon sink releasing millions of tonnes of CO2 back into atmosphere
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Australia’s vast carbon sink releasing millions of tonnes of CO2 back into atmosphere

Australia's mangroves and seagrass meadows absorb 20m tonnes of CO2 a year but report warns damage to ecosystems contributing to climate change.

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