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

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.

It’s Saturday afternoon and the Birch Aquarium is swimming with families. There are a lot of kids in the “Hold Fast” exhibit about kelp forests. They’re running through a display of 27 kelp plant ...

Scientists at UCSB have developed new methods for studying how environmental factors and climate affect giant kelp forest ecosystems at unprecedented spatial and temporal scales. The scientists merged ...

Could kelp burgers really taste like meat? It’s probably not a question most people have ever asked themselves. In fact, up until a few months ago, this writer never even knew kelp burgers existed.

As a foundational species, giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) is vital to the ecosystem of the temperate, shallow, nearshore waters where it grows. When the kelp flourishes, so do the communities that ...

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(ENN) -- As houses slid down California cliffs this winter as a result of El Niño's battering winds and rain, marine scientists were busy studying the effects of El Nino on the ocean floor. Jim Estes, ...

GUALALA, Calif., Sept 29 (Reuters) - (This Sept. 29 story has been refiled to Corrects size of 2019 kelp canopy in paragraph 7) Tranquil images of the Pacific Ocean taken by a drone show that ...