Carbon Sequestration and oceanic grasses

Carbon sequestration.  Mitigation.  Climate change.  

These words are now becoming commonplace vernacular when describing ecosystems.

I was shocked today while speaking with the scientists here at the USC Wrigley Center for Environmental Studies.

Here's what I learned:
-seagrasses can seriously help mitigate climate change
-The Giant Kelp population is declining
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The Nature Conservancy: http://oceanwealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/BlueCarbon_InfoGraph.png