Did you know: 100 scientists, 28 countries are calling for seagrass protection

Many seagrass systems, dubbed the lungs of the ocean, are standing on the brink of awe, causing hundreds of scientists to speak up.

Although the seaweed shape is different, seagrass also has the function of providing shelter , food for many animals including mammals and mammals, and the new discovery shows , many seagrasses in danger of extinction are endangered because of illegal exploitation of seagrass by humans, which prompted more than 100 scientists from 28 countries to raise a warning and call for grass protection. sea.

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In the warning, it is clear: ' Seaweed lost will make us poorer, instead of being rich as we think, seagrass is a place to breed, live, and be a food of countless animals. Under the sea especially green turtles, dugong, seahorses and sea grass play a very important role in some of the world's key fishing grounds , losing seagrass, we will quickly lose all in the future, losing seagrass means we will be poor '.

And a concern is that there is no law to protect seagrass against the problem of indiscriminate and dangerous exploitation of people everywhere in the world.

The call to action is spreading by Swansea University Dr Richard Unsworth and this warning is also presented at the Wales Seagrass International Conference.

It is known that seagrass is found in shallow coastal waters on every continent, except Antarctica, and they are decreasing in volume globally with a reduction of 2% per year.

In January 2016, a study showed that many seagrass beds in England 's coastal waters found serious damage due to pollution and indiscriminate human exploitation behaviors.

Surveys of 11 locations in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland show that high levels of nitrogen in the water have affected the health of many seagrasses.

Huynh Dung ( According to BBC)