Research has found that the median recovery rate of kelp beds near Malibu was a mere 7% in the two years after the Woolsey fire. The boat bobbed gently off Malibu’s Big Rock Beach as a trio of ...

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

When sea otters were reintroduced along the coastlines of islands in Southern California and British Columbia, researchers saw kelp forests return to areas that were destroyed by sea urchins.

Grabbing it with his hands, he drags the kelp further up the beach to dry land. Joseph thinks kelping is a great job because he gets to be at the beach all day. (triple j hack: April McLennan ...

The boat bobbed gently off Malibu's Big Rock Beach as a trio of scientific divers ... effect on a vital anchor of the coastal ecosystem: kelp. The divers were with Kelp Ark, a San Pedro-based ...

New modeling method helped researchers understand why kelp forests returned more slowly in Southern California than in British Columbia. When sea otters were reintroduced along the coastlines of ...

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Adorably fuzzy sea otters aren’t just cute. The marine mammals serve a crucial role, helping to restore the giant kelp forests they rely on by removing their top predators, the sea urchins.

When sea otters returned to islands along Southern California and British Columbia, researchers saw kelp forests revive. These forests had been wiped out by unchecked sea urchin populations. However, ...