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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Visitors and divers at the kelp forest habitat at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) The decline of ...

Researchers at UCLA's Institute of the Environment and Sustainability have developed the most high-resolution statewide maps of California's kelp forests to date, giving researchers, conservationists ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The sunflower sea star can be found throughout intertidal and subtidal coastal waters of the northeast Pacific Ocean, from Alaska ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. — 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 ...

Oregon State University A new report spells out exactly how much Oregon’s kelp forests have dwindled over the past decade or so — and the picture is bleak. According to a status report released by the ...

Young kelp forests are returning to Peru after scientists replanted giant seaweed, creating habitat for fish and restoring ...

Giant kelp and bull kelp forests create habitats that support an amazing diversity of sea life, and their floating canopies are a prominent feature at the surface of California coastal waters.

– Off the coast, water temperature has not dropped to traditional lows since the 2015 appearance of a warm mass of water in the eastern Pacific Ocean – A new study illustrates the importance of ...

New research finds that Marine Protected Areas can boost the recovery of globally important kelp forests following marine heatwaves. The findings are published in the British Ecological Society’s ...

Visitors and divers at the kelp forest habitat at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) The decline of California’s kelp forests since the marine heat wave of 2013-17 has ...

The decline of California's kelp forests since the marine heat wave of 2013–17 has seen only minor recovery despite heroic efforts at restoration carried out by scientists, fishermen, coastal tribes, ...