The long golden-brown strands of bull kelp that wash up along Washington’s shores might seem like just beach debris, but they ...

The rich resources of Pacific kelp forests helped humans populate the Americas. Now depleted by as much as 95 percent, they ...

Sea otters help recover the kelp forests they depend on. Now scientists know how - While threatened by climate change, otters ...

Below the surface, vast kelp forests sway along rocky coasts, hidden from sight. These marine giants are more than plants. They are the architects of entire ecosystems, offering shelter, food, and ...

Researchers found that climate change induced glacial melt increases the heavy metal content and changes the microbiome of habitat-forming brown algae in Arctic fjords. As algae are at the basis of ...

Meanwhile, its Kelp product has become the second-largest Liquid Restaking Token (LRT) on Ethereum. Through its community-first approach, strategic partnerships, and expanding ecosystem ...

legislation that would provide financial support for America’s kelp forest ecosystems. “Healthy kelp ecosystems are essential not only to the stability and survival of hundreds of marine species but ...

The lush underwater forests of kelp that fringe the Pacific Coastline have long been vital to the region’s ecology. However, in recent decades, these vibrant ecosystems have faced significant threats.

A generalizable, functional-trait-based approach for quantifying the effects of disturbances to ecosystem services and economic outcomes, including under climate change, highlights the need for ...

In short: otters eat urchins, so kelp thrives. But the slower return off California was something of a mystery. To understand what was going on in the ecosystem, Langendorf developed a model that ...

Now, new research has found that sea otters’ level of influence on how quickly kelp forests grow back depends on what other species the mammals interact with. “We always thought keystone species ...