While kelp forests persist along northern Maine’s rocky coast, kelp abundance has declined by as much as 80% on the southern coast in recent decades. In its stead, carpet-like turf algae have ...

New research, led by Bigelow Laboratory scientists, shows how rapidly proliferating turf algae are waging “chemical warfare” to inhibit the recovery of kelp forests along Maine's warming coast.

She is also affiliated as a science advisor with the Kelp Rescue Initiative. University of Victoria provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA-FR. University of Victoria provides funding ...

Kelp forest decline along southern Maine has led to a shift in food web dynamics, with predatory fish now relying on phytoplankton rather than kelp for energy. Turf algae, despite their abundance ...

Now, some scientists are asking: could kelp forests be part of the solution too? In the first national assessment of Canada's kelp forests, our research team set out to estimate how much carbon ...

Forests, grasslands and wetlands are already considered as “natural climate solutions.” Now, some scientists are asking: could kelp forests be part of the solution too? As some of the fastest growing ...

Great swathes of kelp provide shelter and food for marine life in reefs along many of the world’s coastlines. But these kelp forests (pictured) are under threat, partly because of rising ocean ...

The mounds of kelp washed ashore Orange County beaches by recent storms is a visual not so common in recent years. The brown leafy algae had been under attack from a non-native species known as ...

WWF-UK are supporting Kelp Crofters, a local run start-up on the Isle of Skye. Kelp Crofters are a regenerative seaweed farm cultivating rope grown Saccharina latissima (sugar kelp) and Alaria ...