{"id":204441,"date":"2026-04-21T09:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T13:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/21\/hurricanes-devastated-floridas-east-coast-then-seagrass-made-an-unexpected-comeback\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T10:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T14:00:12","slug":"hurricanes-devastated-floridas-east-coast-then-seagrass-made-an-unexpected-comeback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/21\/hurricanes-devastated-floridas-east-coast-then-seagrass-made-an-unexpected-comeback\/","title":{"rendered":"Hurricanes devastated Florida\u2019s East Coast \u2013 then seagrass made an unexpected comeback"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/hurricanes-devastated-floridas-east-coast-then-seagrass-made-an-unexpected-comeback-279177\">Hurricanes devastated Florida\u2019s East Coast \u2013 then seagrass made an unexpected comeback<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/hurricanes-devastated-floridas-east-coast-then-seagrass-made-an-unexpected-comeback-279177\">https:\/\/theconversation.com\/hurricanes-devastated-floridas-east-coast-then-seagrass-made-an-unexpected-comeback-279177<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-04-21 09:01:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"theconversation.com\">theconversation.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Indian River Lagoon, including Mosquito Lagoon, experienced a significant decline in seagrass, a foundational ecosystem component, primarily due to harmful algal blooms since 2011. <\/li>\n<li>The loss of seagrass resulted in economic and ecological impacts, such as undermining fisheries and tourism, and causing the starvation of over 1,200 manatees between 2020-2025.<\/li>\n<li>Hurricane Ian and Hurricane Nicole in fall 2022 exacerbated the decline, pushing seagrass cover to near zero in Mosquito Lagoon.<\/li>\n<li>Using satellite imagery and machine learning, researchers documented a remarkable seagrass recovery beginning in March 2023, reaching over 20% coverage by July 2023.<\/li>\n<li>The return of seagrass demonstrated an unexpected resilience of the system, though the complete recovery remains at a cautious level considering seasonal fluctuations and algal blooms.<\/li>\n<li>This recovery suggests that hurricanes may have altered conditions beneficial for seagrass, but further research is required to confirm this mechanism.<\/li>\n<li>The study highlights the value of satellite remote sensing and machine learning in monitoring ecosystem changes and responding to marine ecological issues.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hurricanes devastated Florida\u2019s East Coast \u2013 then seagrass made an unexpected comeback https:\/\/theconversation.com\/hurricanes-devastated-floridas-east-coast-then-seagrass-made-an-unexpected-comeback-279177 Publish Date:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":204442,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/729279\/original\/file-20260410-57-kk78jc.jpg?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&rect=0%2C0%2C1600%2C800&q=45&auto=format&w=1356&h=668&fit=crop","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-204441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204441"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=204441"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204441\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":204443,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204441\/revisions\/204443"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/204442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}