How to Rewild the Sea Grass Meadow

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Hampshire and arlav wit wildl have surveyed the sea grass meadows for years. Now they are trying to re-wild them by planting seeds in their canes. To paint a picture, i had to strap on planks of wood to my boots with thin pieces of rope. And now, instead of the kind of green landscape that we were looking at before, it's much browner.

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