This highlights the significant role kelp forests play in carbon export and sequestration, particularly as they expand in polar and tropical regions due to changing climate conditions[2].

Urban fires pose particular threats to marine ecosystems. Debris and toxins released from the fires can damage kelp forests and lead to destructive algal blooms that snuff out ocean life. Now that Los ...

"Fairly and squarely, [it's] climate change," he says ... Mick and Craig were involved in a rudimentary attempt to restore ...

Journey into the depths of California's kelp forests, the towering underwater ecosystems facing the challenges of climate ...

A University of Portsmouth scientist has helped give a unique glimpse into the beautiful underwater forests, which create ...

Eating low-carbon foods helps reduce emissions, but some foods actually suck up carbon from the atmosphere, leaving the climate in a better ... likely revert back to forest or natural grassland.

You could ask students to research where else in the world naturally occurring forests of giant kelp might be found and map these, noting climate zones and biomes. For example, in some kelp ...

A regenerative fishery and kelp restoration project launched by Norwegian ocean tech company Ava Ocean has received official ...

In a healthy kelp forest, there would be about 4 per square metre. Why has the number of sea urchins exploded? Climate change has caused devastation to kelp forests across the world — with ...

The new pilot project will sell the problematic purples to restaurants or turn them into agricultural products.

I write about the ocean, climate change, and the future of our ... kelp-eating sea urchins at a high enough rate that kelp forests continue to persist and provide habitat for numerous species.