Giant kelp and bull kelp forests create habitats that support an amazing diversity of sea life, and their floating canopies are a prominent feature at the surface of California coastal waters.
Biodiversity is the bedrock of resilience, and kelp forests show why.
Visitors and divers at the kelp forest habitat at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) The decline of California’s kelp forests since the marine heat wave of 2013-17 has ...
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