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Beyond patronizing local restaurants, Mendocino County visitors can explore the Noyo Center for Marine Science in Fort Bragg. Inside the center’s geodesic dome, video of a kelp forest and an ...
Sea otters float amid a forest of kelp off California’s Central Coast. Mario Tama / Getty Images. Sea otters are not just cute and lovable—they also help a crucial habitat flourish.
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 ...
The mass die-out allowed the sea urchin population to explode, and in 2021, satellite imagery showed that 95 percent of California’s kelp forests had been destroyed and replaced by carpets of ...
Marine science center staff and volunteers created a modular kelp forest for the 2018 Wooden Boat Festival. “From that experience, Program Director Diane Quinn, Aquarium Curator Ali Redman and exhibit ...
The study indicates returning otters to areas of their historical range could help recover kelp forests and restore their benefits in more places along the California coast. Reference: Nicholson TE, ...
After purple urchins helped nearly wipe out 96% of California's iconic underwater bull kelp forests over a six-year span, biologists say they are seeing promising signs that efforts to save ...
When sea otters were reintroduced along the coastlines of islands in Southern California and British Columbia, researchers saw kelp forests return to areas that were destroyed by sea urchins. But ...
SAUSALITO, California (KPIX) — The health of the ocean off the Northern California coast is in trouble, as biologists have seen a massive die-off of the kelp forests that are essential to a ...