A collection of weekly news updates and recently published research on kelp from around the world. This site aims to promote awareness and understanding of one of the world's most important ecosystems: kelp forests.
Dive in ↓Kelp forests are among the most productive ecosystems on the planet, sheltering marine life, buffering coastlines, and quietly pulling carbon out of the water. We need to keep it that way.
Explore the kelp world →The Kelp Forest Alliance's second global stocktake finds protected kelp habitat up from 16 to 23 percent since 2024 and over 19,000 hectares restored, while warming and overgrazing keep pushing forests into decline.
Browse all kelp news →Divers weighed a thriving kelp forest in a Japanese bay in 1980, found none at all by 2023, and a new study points to record heat and a much longer feeding season for hungry fish.
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