$650,000 in grants from San Diego Foundation aimed at reducing pollution in Tijuana River watershed

The San Diego Foundation has awarded more than $650,000 in grants to 18 nonprofits in the U.S. and Mexico as part of the ...
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California coastal kelp forests are dying. The culprit? Warm waters and purple sea urchins

A kelp forest off the coast of Northern California is practically gone. An estimated 95% of it has vanished over the last eight years. That’s a problem for marine life that depends on it for food and ...
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 ...

12-foot skeleton (temporarily) haunts San Diego Birch Aquarium's giant kelp forest

The Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography added a giant fake skeleton in its kelp forest exhibit to up the spookiness this October.
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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 ...