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 →Warming water and a sea urchin boom keep pressuring one of the West Coast's key nearshore species, with a $4.9M federal restoration effort now underway to help it recover.
Browse all kelp news →A seven-site study across Chile and Tasmania found giant kelp forests can sharply raise local pH and oxygen during upwelling — but the effect disappears at some sites entirely.
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