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By Jennifer Cole Emily Fulton spends a lot of time in a small boat cruising the waters of Clayoquot Sound off the west coast ...

While kelp forests persist along northern Maine's rocky coast, kelp abundance has declined by as much as 80% on the southern coast in recent decades. In its stead, carpet-like turf algae have moved in ...

Ask any scuba diver what it’s like to experience a kelp forest underwater, and they’re likely to wax poetic about the magic ...

Kelp forests, found along more than a quarter of the world’s coastlines, are among the most productive ecosystems on the ...

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Researchers examining a century of ocean maps made an exciting discovery linking sea otter populations to kelp forests: Where sea otters thrive, so do these critical underwater habitats. The research ...

The kelp forest is ephemeral, yet foundational. Fronds of this fast-growing giant seaweed come and go with the seasons, storms and waves, supporting communities of fish, invertebrates and even mammals ...

After experiencing significant decline, California's kelp forests are now showing promising signs of recovery. Efforts such as the removal of millions of overpopulated purple sea urchins by divers, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image credits: Unsplash Dive beneath the surface along almost any stretch of California's coast and you enter a different world ...

Pacific kelp forests are older than once thought, according to new research. The unique underwater kelp forests that line the Pacific Coast support a varied ecosystem that was thought to have evolved ...