Forgotten forests: Regenerating the kelp forest highway
The rich resources of Pacific kelp forests helped humans populate the Americas. Now depleted by as much as 95 percent, they ...
‘Like someone put a blanket over the ocean’: Kelp could be among fires’ casualties
Divers recently sought evidence of the Palisades fire's underwater toll, particularly its effect on a vital anchor of the coastal ecosystem: kelp.
UK's first kelp conference held in Brighton
The UK's first national conference on kelp ecology is being held in Brighton.Kelp forests once covered vast areas of the ...
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Sea otters help kelp forests recover—but how fast depends on where they are
When sea otters were reintroduced along the coastlines of islands in Southern California and British Columbia, researchers saw kelp forests return to areas that were destroyed by sea urchins.
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The vanishing kelp forests of Northern California
The documentary Sequoias of the Sea explore the challenges facing kelp ecosystems in California. It will screen at the Ocean ...
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Sea otters help recover the kelp forests they depend on. Now scientists know how
Adorably fuzzy sea otters aren’t just cute. The marine mammals serve a crucial role, helping to restore the giant kelp forests they rely on by removing their top predators, the sea urchins.
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UK's first kelp conference held in Brighton
Kelp forests once covered vast areas of the Sussex seabed between Selsey and Shoreham, but 96% of them had been destroyed by 2019 after trawler fishing and the Great Storm of 1987. Now ...