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 California Coastal Commission unanimously approved a 3-square-mile offshore kelp farm near Ventura, the country's largest, built to supply soil and plant-health products, not seafood.
Browse all kelp news →A global synthesis finds that climate change is stripping away carbon-storing kelp forests far faster than restoration projects can ever hope to replace them.
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