According to Sea Grant California, kelp forests have seen a 95% loss state-wide due to rising water temperatures and a surge ...

kelp forests, and coral reefs—and a small number of species are known to live on the abyssal seafloor. A few are pelagic and live in open waters near the surface. The mystery mollusc is the ...

Inside, an experiment is playing out that gives a badly-needed boost to Northern California’s kelp forests—underwater ...

sea otters consume voracious kelp-eating sea urchins at a high enough rate that kelp forests continue to persist and provide habitat for numerous species. Without sea otters, sea urchins devour ...

An important marine forest off Plymouth is being dedicated to the Queen to mark her Platinum Jubilee. Kelp forests are some of the most productive ecosystems in the world and in the UK cover an ...

The mystery mollusc, Bathydevius caudactylus ... to the lion’s mane nudibranch (Melibe leonina) that live in kelp forests in shallow water. But the combination of body parts of these deep ...

A global report into kelp forests has found they are under threat from climate change. Advocates for the Great Southern Reef say it is not getting the attention it needs. Thousands of ...

SYDNEY, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) -- Countries must accelerate the conservation and restoration of kelp forests to meet international targets, Australian researchers said on Thursday. According to the ...

A UC Santa Cruz science diver traversing a kelp forest at the northern end of Carmel Bay. (Photo by Steve Lonhart / NOAA MBNMS) How can California’s kelp forests, which have faced dramatic declines ...

University of New South Wales marine ecologist Adriana Verges said kelp forests that surrounded 70 per cent of Australia's coastline were progressively being lost due to warming waters ...

A campaign to restore a large underwater kelp forest has been helped by an agreement to ban trawler fishing off the West Sussex coast. A new bylaw will exclude trawling from a 117 sq mile (302 sq ...

OAKLAND, Calif.— The Center for Biological Diversity petitioned NOAA Fisheries today to grant Endangered Species Act protection to bull kelp, which faces grave threats from climate change and coastal ...