Tell your students that each of them is a scientist who has discovered a new species of animal found in giant kelp forests around the world. First, have the students do a “free write ...

Bringing back sunflower sea stars, which are functionally extinct in California, could help restore kelp forests off the ...

The marine mammals serve a crucial role, helping to restore the giant kelp forests they rely on by ... only about 13 percent ...

By mid-spring, they’ll be pulling up thousands of pounds of kelp fronds — resembling giant, greenish lasagna ... say it has potential for a wide range of applications they’re eager to ...

Giant kelp is probably what you picture when someone ... what drives a lot of the interest across the whole range of different agricultural sectors,” Wickings said. The $500,000 research grant ...

This is the plan to keep it that way. Jellyfish float among the fronds of a kelp forest off Isla de los Estados, Argentina. Giant kelps (Macrocystis pyrifera) are the largest algae in the ocean ...

Miller Limnology and Oceanography, Vol. 60, No. 6 (2015), pp. 1996-2008 (13 pages) We investigated the patterns and controls of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) production by the giant kelp (Macrocystis ...

The mission marks another step forward in a sprawling, multi-institution effort dedicated to recovering the species that scientists didn’t realize were key for maintaining healthy kelp forests ...