Euronews - Underwater gardeners plant grass with carbon-sequestering superpower

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Divers in Denmark are hand-planting seagrass at the bottom of the ocean, to replace the once lush beds that carpeted the seafloor.

An estimated 90 per cent of underwater meadows has been lost at Vejle Fjord, on Jutland's east coast, over the last 30 years. This is because of years of degradation due to wastewater pollution from farms and households.

As part of a five-year project, run by the University of Southern Denmark (SDU), volunteer divers are working on restoring the seagrass beds and the wildlife that once thrived among them.

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