Kelp! Scientists discover more about how sea otters come to the rescue of undersea forests
It revealed more competition between the different urchins, kelp, and other species in California, which slowed down the ...
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Sea otters help kelp forests recover, but there's more to the story
Sea otters help kelp forests recover by controlling sea urchins, but their impact varies. In British Columbia, recovery was ...
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Arctic kelp is absorbing toxic metals from melting glaciers
Arctic kelp absorbs metals from melting glaciers, increasing mercury levels by 72%. This could harm marine life and fisheries ...
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‘Like someone put a blanket over the ocean’: Kelp could be among fires’ casualties
They’d seen all the animals a diver would expect to see in a kelp forest, such as garibaldi fish and kelp bass. But the only signs of the big brown algae were a few loose floating pieces and ...
Sea otters help kelp forests recover—but how fast depends on where they are
When sea otters were reintroduced along the coastlines of islands in Southern California and British Columbia, researchers ...
A baby sea lion performs rhythmic gymnastics feats in Washington state
A baby sea lion toting an artificial kelp strip has been filmed performing intricate rhythmic gymnastics-esque circles through the waters of a Washington state aquarium ...
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Sea Urchins
To save kelp forests, scientists try breeding sea stars ... New Worries About Urchins Read Mass Animal Die-Offs Are on the Rise, Killing Billions and Raising Questions Mass Animal Die-Offs Are ...
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The push is on to return sea otters to Oregon, Northern California coasts
Some animals quickly left the area ... In the late 1990s, Siletz tribal member David Hatch found a collection of old kelp maps and realized most of the lush underwater forests pictured on the ...
'Like someone put a blanket over the ocean': Kelp could be among Los Angeles fires' casualties
The boat bobbed gently off Malibu's Big Rock Beach as a trio of scientific divers wriggled into wet suits and double-checked tanks and regulators.
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'Like someone put a blanket over the ocean': Kelp could be among fires' casualties
A giant sea bass swims amid kelp at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach. Kelp is highly sensitive to environmental changes. Fluctuations in temperature, light availability, nutrients and ...