What if one of the most powerful tools we have against climate change lives just below the ocean’s surface?
In this eye-opening episode, marine biologist Associate Professor Mike van Keulen, Chair of the IUCN Species Survival Commission Seagrass Specialist Group joins Kurt for a deep dive into the world of seagrasses: the unsung heroes of our coastlines.

Seagrasses stabilise sediment, protect shorelines, support fisheries, and store staggering amounts of carbon, but they’re also vulnerable to pollution, warming oceans, and human development. Mike walks us through the good, the bad, the successful and the not-so-successful sides of research and restoration, from large-scale transplant efforts to citizen science campaigns, and the limits of what we can save.

With stories from Shark Bay, Indonesia, the Maldives and beyond, this episode brings to light the importance, complexity, and urgency of seagrass conservation  and why we all benefit from protecting the ecosystems we rarely see.

Whether you’re into marine biology, climate action, or just love learning about the world beneath the waves, this is an episode you won’t forget.