Gustavsson explained that kelp forests serve as biodiversity powerhouses, offering shelter, food, and nursery grounds for ...

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

oastal darkening reduces the amount of light that penetrates into coastal waters with a range of consequences for local ecosystems and, potentially, the world. David Fleetham / VW PICS / Universal ...

The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum (SBMM) will show the documentary “Sequoias of the Sea,” 7-9 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 8 at 113 Harbor Way, Ste. 190. The film dives into the environmental crisis of ...

Biologists thought that marine heat waves lowered urchin reproduction only at lethal temperatures. A new study shows ...

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.

Christopher Cornwall receives funding from The Tertiary Education Commission of New Zealand, Victoria University of Wellington, The French Embassy in New Zealand, Mountains to the Sea Wellington, and ...

Historical analysis shows that the marine mammals likely kept some of California’s kelp forests growing over the past 100 years. By Laura Baisas Published Jan 23, 2024 12:00 PM EST Get the Popular ...

What's green, slimy and in decline along the North Coast? Kelp forests, which have diminished in recent years due to climate change and human impacts. In response to the decline of kelp forests in ...