Io, You've Come Far More Prepared Than Me, Doctor Ferrero

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i met tim ferrero, a marine biologist and sea grass specialist at the hampshire and isle of wight wild life trust. We walked along the seawall by farlington marshes, with some very hot looking cows peering over at us. There are human impacts out here, but the basic salt marsh and the seaweed and the sea grass is as primordial as something that's been here for thousands of years. And tim, you're part of a project trying to re wild a lot of the solent. Where we are with sea grass, looking over these meadows. Now, how does it make you feel to see these kinds of expanse of green?

They support an incredible array of biodiversity and may also be some of the world’s most effective carbon sinks. But vast swathes of seagrass meadows have been lost in the last century, and they continue to vanish at the rate of a football pitch every half hour. Madeleine Finlay makes a trip out of the Guardian office to visit a rewilding project in Hampshire. She speaks to marine biologist Tim Ferrero about the challenges of replanting seagrass meadows and what hope it offers.. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/sciencepod