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The Marine Citizen Research Kit for Seagrass
Seagrass meadows are the most powerful natural CO₂ sinks, surpassing forests. They support biodiversity, stabilize sediment, clear water and protect coasts, yet remain unexplored and are threatened by human activities and climate change. Natural recovery cannot offset this loss. I developed a citizen-science research kit based on PROJECT MANAIA’s protocol that enables standardized monitoring and mapping of seagrass meadows through simple tools, clear guidelines and a dedicated app with open data sharing to generate large-scale comparable data while raising awareness and scientific literacy.
Company/Institution
HTW Berlin
Country
Germany
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Designer(s)
Amelie Traub in collaboration with PROJECT MANAIA, supervised by Prof. Sebastian Feucht (HTW Berlin)
Technical product designer and industrial designer with a deep connection to biology. Her early dream of becoming a marine biologist lives on in her passion for biodesign and conservation work. Her practice is shaped by interdisciplinarity, curiosity, and the belief that inspiration can be found everywhere.