Meg Shah ’24 (UConn CLAS) discusses how her UConn Undergrad Research SURF Award is helping her research and ultimately create a historical distribution map of eelgrass in the Long Island Sound, which will be used to find locations with higher success rates for its restoration.

2021#Eelgrass planting site Great South Bay, New York., USA. Video taken 5/31/24. Seeds of Eelgrass Attached to Shellfish. SEAS Method, doing very well for all to see.

#DidYouKnow: Eelgrass is a type of submerged aquatic vegetation that is commonly found in shallow coastal waters, forming a vital underwater habitat for marine life. Meadows of eelgrass help stabilize sediment, mitigate erosion, and enhance water quality. sanctuaries.noaa.gov/news/apr24/a-t…

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We are collecting some #Eelgrass #Seeds and we are restoring an entire habitat, lost in many waters long ago. We can restore these habitats!

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Powerful #eelgrass is a natural biofilter for human pathogens! 🌊🌱🦠 Mussels in eelgrass had 65% less human pathogenic bacteria vs mussels w/out eelgrass around Seattle, WA 🤯 Kudos, Phoebe Dawkins Dr. Joleah Lamb Dr. Drew Harvell Washington State Dept. of Natural Resources NatureSustainability! 🙌 …-nature-com.proxy.library.cornell.edu/articles/s4189…

Seagrasses filter human pathogens in marine waters: phys.org/news/2024-08-s… via Phys.org

SeaGrass Superpowers Discovered in Puget Sound. Eelgrass is a natural bio-filter for human and animal pathogens as shown by reduced bacteria levels in eelgrass mussels. Kudos Lynda V. Mapes The Seattle Times Washington State Dept. of Natural Resources Dr. Joleah Lamb seattletimes.com/seattle-news/c…

EEB prof emerita Dr. Drew Harvell and research team Olivia J. Graham, PhD Dr. Joleah Lamb in The Seattle Times ... "Researchers discover eelgrass superpower in Puget Sound." x.com/DrewHarvell/st… Graphic borrowed from Dawkins et al. 2023, Lamb et al. 2017, NOAA (Fiona Martin / The Seattle Times).

Read about the need for #seagrass #restoration to create biodiverse ecosystems with multiple functions for people and planet in a new article from Project Seagrass and Swansea University in Plants People Planet 🌱👥🌐 👉 ow.ly/U0Qp50SYjqa 📸 Matt Curnock | Ocean Image Bank

LOOK: Gov. Jay Inslee explored San Juan Island's kelp beds & eelgrass meadows aboard the research vessel Kittiwake. The tour underscored the vital research funded by the Climate Commitment Act to protect our marine ecosystems. 🌊🌿 📸: Nancy DeVaux / Salish Current © 2024

10,000 Eelgrass Seeds!

New paper alert! 🚨🌱 Early #seedling development and survival of #seagrasses #Posidonia australis and P. sinuosa using different seed‐based #restoration methods doi.org/10.1111/rec.14… UWA Research UWA Oceans Institute School of Biological Sciences, UWA World Seagrass Association

Super proud to share the first chapter of my PhD, written with an amazing team of seagrass researchers! 🌱🌊 This review highlights the importance of considering belowground interactions, which are often neglected in #seagrass #restoration frameworks. 1/4 taylorfrancis.com/chapters/oa-ed…

Thank you Riverkeeper for inviting me out on the Bob Boyle, its new water monitoring boat. I’m proud to have delivered $100K in State Senate grant funding to help purchase this boat and improve our surveillance on the health of the Hudson River.

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Eelgrass Restoration in the Great South Bay, New York. In 2021 a one acre planting was performed with a new method. Drone is showing the results. 10+ acres!

NYT tweeted this to its 55 million followers and it has under 500 retweets - presumably suppressed due to the link out. “John Kelly, Donald Trump’s longest-serving chief of staff, said Trump met the definition of a fascist and would try to govern like a dictator if elected”

Democracy dies every time. All have and all will. Life somehow will continue!