Between 2013 and 2017, 90 percent of the sunflower sea star population was wiped out from a disease called Sea Star Wasting Syndrome. Brocken Inaglory via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 2.0 The ...
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 ...
Ripple calls her brothers to help save the Kelp Forest. After realizing she cannot save the Kelp Forest all on her own, Ripple decides to ask her 499 brothers and papa to help remove all the orange ...
New research finds that Marine Protected Areas can boost the recovery of globally important kelp forests following marine heatwaves. The findings are published in the British Ecological Society’s ...
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 ...
The kelp forest is ephemeral, yet foundational. Fronds of this fast-growing giant seaweed come and go with the seasons, storms and waves, supporting communities of fish, invertebrates and even mammals ...
Stewards of the kelp forests: New research reveals how sea otters dramatically influence the climate
With their roly-poly bodies, child-like eyes, long whiskers and tiny padded paws, otters are some of the most charismatic animals in nature. But while being cute doesn't serve much purpose in the wild ...
“We found that kelp that grows in cooler, more nutrient-rich water is healthier — contains more chlorophyll pigment — and that kelp forests in these cooler regions of the [Santa Barbara] Channel are ...
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, ...
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 ...
The kelp forests off the coast of La Jolla are disappearing, and local scientists are stumped as to why they’re not recovering. The two largest kelp forests on the West Coast — off La Jolla and Point ...
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