Aquarium researchers found that in Northern and Southern California, within the last century, the kelp forest has declined drastically by 63 and 52 percent, respectively. Meanwhile, in Central ...

Aquarium researchers found that in Northern and Southern California, within the last century, the kelp forest has declined drastically by 63 and 52 percent, respectively. Meanwhile, in Central ...

Sea Otters Have Helped Bolster California’s Kelp Forest A study that looks back more than 100 years shows that where the animals have thrived, underwater forests have, too. Olivia Ferrari.

Bull kelp also helps out humans, thanks to its plentiful oxygen production, and protects the coasts from erosion and other damage caused by waves. The kelp itself, though, is in dire straits.

Scientific diver Morgan Murphy-Cannella holds bull kelp with a dark patch of reproductive spores as she surveys a reforestation project, Friday, Sept. 29, near Caspar, Calif. Kelp forests play an ...

Divers fight to save California's kelp forests threatened by warming ocean waters by Associated Press on YouTube. CASPAR, Calif. -- A welding hammer strapped to her wrist, Joy Hollenback slipped ...

Kelp forests are underwater thickets of algae that keep the world’s oceans rich with biodiversity. And scientists just ...

California volunteer divers are taking part in a pilot project to crush purple urchins, which have contributed to the destruction of 96% of the state's bull kelp forests.

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 ...

Bull kelp also helps out humans, thanks to its plentiful oxygen production, and protects the coasts from erosion and other damage caused by waves. The kelp itself, though, is in dire straits.

Breaking News Project seeks ways to save California’s kelp forests. By Julie Watson / Associated Press Dec. 9, 2023 ...

Aquarium researchers found that in Northern and Southern California, within the last century, the kelp forest has declined drastically by 63 and 52 percent, respectively. Meanwhile, in Central Cali… ...