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Expert sounds alarm as harmful species spread in US waterways: 'They eat everything in their path'

Researchers warn this transition isn’t unique to the state. Expert sounds alarm as harmful species spread in US waterways: ...
Yahoo

Experts stunned by discovery in kelp forest decades after studying lives of sea otters: 'An impact which cascades through the ecosystem'

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 ...
Mother Jones

First, the Heat Killed Maine’s Kelp. Then an Invasive Algae Sealed Its Fate.

While the marine heatwaves killing the kelp ecosystem were alarming on their own, the researchers have discovered a new ...
Yahoo

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. When ...

Sunflower stars reintroduced in California after deadly illness nearly wiped them out

SSL lab manager Andrew in Sunflower Star Laboratory.
The Columbian

Scientists are growing kelp one forest at a time; braving sharks and hordes of urchins, researchers dive in

SAN JOSE, Calif. — The weathered UC Davis Marine Laboratory looms in thick fog on the edge of the ocean near Bodega Bay. Inside, an experiment is playing out that gives a badly needed boost to ...
PBS

Kelp Forest Catastrophe

Ripple, Splash and Tidy do their best to clean the Kelp Forest before it is too late. After putting some orange sea stars in the Kelp Forest where they don’t belong, Splash, Ripple, and Tidy must get ...
Noozhawk

Choreography of Cross-ecosystem Subsidies Ties Kelp Forest to Beach

Though spatially distinct, the Santa Barbara Channel’s subtidal kelp forests and its sandy beaches are intimately connected. Giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera), the foundation species of rocky reefs, ...
Northcountrypublicradio.org

New fossils suggest kelp forests have swayed in the seas for at least 32 million years

A new study of kelp fossils from the coast of Washington state show that kelp forests, which host all manner of marine life, developed tens of... New fossils suggest kelp forests have swayed in the ...
Portland Press Herald

Midcoast kelp forests in flux

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Forbes

Kelp Forests Were Quite Different Before The Stellar’s Sea Cow Went Extinct

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Priya covers the ocean, climate change, and the future of our planet. Using mathematical models, researchers have been able to ...
news.ucsb.edu

The choreography of cross-ecosystem subsidies that connects the kelp forest to the beach

Though spatially distinct, the Santa Barbara Channel’s subtidal kelp forests and its sandy beaches are intimately connected. Giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera), the foundation species of rocky reefs, ...