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What keeps the 'underwater prairies' thriving?

In the shallow waters of Palk Bay, hues of emerald gleam as sunlight streams through the ocean’s tides. A closer gaze into the water reveals an enchanting world—a bustling town of fish, sea slugs, turtles, crabs, sea cucumbers, shrimps, squids, and seahorses, perhaps even dolphins and dugongs navigating through the blades of green grass. That’s the view the planet’s third most-valued ecosystem—the seagrass meadow—has to offer.

21 March 2022, 12:48 IST

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What keeps the 'underwater prairies' thriving?

21 March 2022, 12:48 IST