Marine heat waves that seemed extreme just a decade ago will become commonplace by the end of this century in waters favored ...

The giant kelp forest of the Southern Reef is the latest subject to receive a Google Doodle on an important anniversary. The search engine honoured the Australian natural wonder with the graphic ...

Bringing back sunflower sea stars, which are functionally extinct in California, could help restore kelp forests off the ...

The boat bobbed gently off Malibu’s Big Rock Beach as a trio of scientific divers wriggled into wetsuits and double-checked ...

A microscopic kelp forest composed of early life stages. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions ...

Miller Limnology and Oceanography, Vol. 60, No. 6 (2015), pp. 1996-2008 (13 pages) We investigated the patterns and controls of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) production by the giant kelp (Macrocystis ...

Tell your students that each of them is a scientist who has discovered a new species of animal found in giant kelp forests around the world. First, have the students do a “free write ...

This is the plan to keep it that way. Jellyfish float among the fronds of a kelp forest off Isla de los Estados, Argentina. Giant kelps (Macrocystis pyrifera) are the largest algae in the ocean ...

This is a giant kelp canopy off coast of Santa Barbara, as viewed by Landsat 5. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert!

Sage Ono (USA) explores the abundant life around the giant kelp forests in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. This location used to be known for giant kelp so thick it blocked out the sun.

The mission marks another step forward in a sprawling, multi-institution effort dedicated to recovering the species that scientists didn’t realize were key for maintaining healthy kelp forests ...