While they have no backbone, sunflower sea stars ( Pycnopodia helianthoides) mean business–especailly when faced with spiny ...

Natural marine habitats like kelp forests and seagrass beds could play a vital role in protecting Scotland's coastline from ...

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 ...

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Kelp forests contribute immensely to carbon storage and thereby offset the negative impact of humanity's greenhouse gas emissions. Indeed, kelp forests all over the world capture 4.5 million tons ...

Kelp forests cover about 25% of the world's temperate coastline, and the paper could serve as something of a bellwether for what's likely to unfold elsewhere in the coming decades, Rasher said.