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New research finds that Marine Protected Areas can boost the recovery of globally important kelp forests following marine ...
The world’s most ambitious and largest kelp restoration effort in South Korea has an annual budget of $29 million and aims to restore about 123,500 acres of kelp forest by 2030. The 20-year ...
Image from Eger, A. M., et al (2024); Adapted from GRID-Arendal. Sharing kelp help Additionally, the authors conducted more than 200 interviews to track every kelp conservation initiative globally.
Kelp farming has been growing in the U.S. in recent years. In 2021, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed legislation to permit kelp cultivation and to restore water quality and marine life habitats.
Kelp is moderately rich in iron, which is necessary to prevent the iron deficiency known as anemia. If you have anemia, your body’s tissues don't get enough oxygen because of a shortage of red ...
Why kelp rocks Kelp forests are critical to the ocean–and planet’s–health. They live along most of North America’s western coast.
The Kelp Needs Help Sustainable Surf, along with Bank of the West, are making moves to restore California’s decimated kelp forests. Santa Cruz. Photo: Ryan "Chachi" Craig ...
The Santa Barbara Channel’s kelp forests and its sandy beaches are intimately connected. Giant kelp, the foundation species of rocky reefs, serves as a major part of the beach food web as fronds of ...
Kelp forests in the San Juan Islands shrank by about a third from 2006 to 2016 and have fluctuated since then, according to studies of aerial photos by the tribe’s natural resources department.
Quick primer on kelp: When it’s ocean-farmed, kelp is a zero-input crop, meaning it doesn’t need to be watered, fertilized, or fed in any way, nor does it need cleared land to grow—it’s ...
CAMBRIDGE — Kelp-based foods are making their way onto K-12 school lunch menus — to some surprising reviews. “It’s like heaven on earth,” Agustina Leon Perdomo, a 16-year-old junior at ...