Posidonia oceanica

The mayor of Naxos has vowed that the island's coast will be cleaned manually without the use of heavy machinery. 

If Greece takes steps to stem the destruction of its meadows of Neptune grass (Posidonia oceanica) in the Southern Aegean alone, it could reach 37% of its greenhouse gas emissions absorption target by 2030, a study spearheaded by the Hellenic Center for Marine Research has found.

A groundbreaking project has been initiated in the southwestern province of Muğla to protect Posidonia meadows, a vital natural submarine seagrass endemic to the Mediterranean marine ecosystem.

A 24-year-old Greek innovator who devised a way to utilize washed-up seagrass has made it onto this year's prestigious Forbes list of 30 European entrepreneurs under the age of 30 who are shaking up their respective sectors in 2018.

A stunning underwater ecosystem surrounding the arid and uninhabited Cyclades isle of Gyaros was documented last summer by the University of Patras’ maritime geology and oceanography department for the WWF Hellas.

The first ever attempt to map Greece’s seagrass meadows has been given the go-ahead after Agricultural Development Minister Giorgos Karasmanis signed a decision to launch an invitation for bids for the 850,000-euro project.

The charting of the Posidonia oceanica, which is commonly known as Neptune grass or Mediterranean tapeweed, is to be carried out by the end of 2015.