How to Revive California’s Underwater Forests? Smash a Spiky, Hungry Foe.

Already, the new kelp is helping the ecosystem show glimpses of its former self. During a recent dive, a plump sunflower sea ...

Bringing Back California’s Kelp Forests One Smash at a Time

Scientists and divers are slowly reviving the underwater forests along California’s northern coast by planting kelp seedlings ...

Report calls for $14 billion investment to protect and restore kelp forests worldwide

An international team is calling for a US $14 billion investment to protect and restore one of the planet's most valuable and ...
Woodland Daily Democrat

Braving sharks and hordes of urchins, Bay Area scientists are growing kelp one forest at a time

The weathered UC Davis Marine Laboratory looms in thick fog on the edge of the ocean near Bodega Bay. Inside, an experiment is playing out that gives a badly-needed boost to Northern California’s kelp ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Guest Commentary: Not so fast in blaming pinnipeds for decline of kelp beds

A recent Guest Commentary asserts that the increasing numbers of sea lions and harbor seals (pinnipeds) around La Jolla have upset the delicate balance of the once-thriving La Jolla kelp bed ecosystem ...
WWLTV

12-foot skeleton (temporarily) haunts California aquarium’s giant kelp forest

SAN DIEGO — A California aquarium‘s Halloween spirit runs deep – 12 feet under, to be exact. The Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography added a fake skeleton from Home Depot to its ...