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ZosteraTec restores Baltic seagrass meadows with 2021 planting

By Drooid · Oct 28, 2026, 15:26 UTC · How we work

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ZosteraTec, co-founded by Reinhard Helbig, plants seagrass shoots to restore Baltic Sea meadows.
Marine ecologist Thorsten Reusch reports 60% of Baltic coast seagrass meadows vanished, yet decline stopped.
The 2021-planted meadow now shows dense shoot counts, confirming successful restoration, said Esther Thomsen.
Seagrass stores carbon in seabeds 30 to 50 times faster than forests, enhancing climate mitigation.

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ZosteraTec, co-founded by Reinhard Helbig, plants seagrass shoots to restore Baltic Sea meadows.
Marine ecologist Thorsten Reusch reports 60% of Baltic coast seagrass meadows vanished, yet decline stopped.
The 2021-planted meadow now shows dense shoot counts, confirming successful restoration, said Esther Thomsen.
Seagrass stores carbon in seabeds 30 to 50 times faster than forests, enhancing climate mitigation.