LAND reclamation is putting Bahrain at risk of losing its seagrass meadows – lush, underwater ‘gardens’ of flowering plants that thrive in the sea.
A study has found that filling the island’s coastal waters with sand over the last three decades has resulted in massive reduction of seagrass meadows in south-eastern shorelines – from 3,161 hectares in 1988 to just one hectare in 2018 .
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