Seagrasses are valuable sources of food and habitat for marine life and are one of Earth's
most efficient carbon sinks. However, they are facing a global decline due to ocean warming …

Coastal oceans are particularly affected by rapid and extreme environmental changes with
dramatic consequences for the entire ecosystem. Seagrasses are key ecosystem …

Seagrass meadows are important shallow coastal ecosystems due to their contribution to
enhancing biodiversity, nutrient cycling, carbon burial, and sediment stabilisation, but the …

Plastic pollution is now a worldwide phenomenon affecting all marine ecosystems, but some
ecosystems and regions remain understudied. Here, we review the presence and impacts of …

Abstract The Mediterranean Sea has been experiencing rapid increases in temperature and
salinity triggering its tropicalization. Additionally, its connection with the Red Sea has been …

Biodiversity is undergoing rapid and worrying changes, partially driven by anthropogenic
activities. Human impacts and climate change (eg, increasing temperature and ocean …

Seagrass meadows are disappearing at rates comparable to those reported for mangroves,
coral reefs, and tropical rainforests. One of the main causes of their decline is the so-called …

Over the last few decades, there has been an increasing recognition for seagrasses'
contribution to the functioning of nearshore ecosystems and climate change mitigation …

Marine heat waves (MHWs), prolonged discrete anomalously warm water events, have been
increasing significantly in duration, intensity and frequency all over the world, and have …

Green tides, the phenomenon whereby large volume of marine environment is taken over by
the sea lettuce Ulva spp, are a seasonal occurrence thought to be caused mainly by …