A chain reaction ensued after the kelp forest decline. With limited grazing availability, abalone were threatened and the ...

Wondrous kelp beds harbor a complex ecosystem that’s teeming with life, cleaning the water and the atmosphere, and bringing ...

Researchers examining a century of ocean maps made an exciting discovery linking sea otter populations to kelp forests: Where sea otters thrive, so do these critical underwater habitats. The research ...

Kelp once formed “underwater rainforests” on the California coast, but these fragile ecosystems have largely disappeared. At a marine lab near the Bay Area, scientists are trying to bring them back.

Beneath the surface of Canada’s coastal waters lies a hidden world—lush, swaying kelp forests that rival the biodiversity of ...

describe characteristics of a kelp forest ecosystem. explain the interactions between habitats and species. give examples of producers, consumers and scavengers in a kelp forest. draw and label the ...

Researcher Jose Luis Kappes prepares to enter a dense Chilean kelp bed to collect reproductive fronds. (Jordan Hollarsmith/UC Davis) When a marine heat wave hit California’s coast in 2014, it brought ...

Kelp farms are enormous carbon sinks, so kelp jerky company Akua is looking for ways to get people to eat more seaweed. In an effort to lower the carbon footprint of your diet, maybe you’ve swapped ...

Risa Kase likens a couple of accidental encounters that changed the course of her life to being struck by lightning twice.

Citizen scientists worldwide are invited to take part in marine ecology research, and they won’t have to get their feet wet to do it. The Floating Forests project, an initiative spearheaded by ...