Inside, an experiment is playing out that gives a badly-needed boost to Northern California’s kelp forests—underwater cathedrals of green and gold that nearly vanished from the north coast a ...

Loading YouTube content The marine scientist from environmental nonprofit The Nature Conservancy explains that a dramatic rise in sea urchin numbers has decimated the golden kelp forests that ...

Credit: Jeff Maassen photo A new project is underway to restore kelp forests in the Santa Barbara Channel by removing sea urchins and selling them to restaurants or turning them into agricultural ...

Well, something like that. This new pilot project will remove kelp-eating purple urchins from one acre of the Santa Barbara Channel, giving the region’s historic kelp forest a fighting chance at ...

23, La Jolla Light). Among the asserted losses are a significant loss of giant kelp forest north of Point La Jolla and low numbers of yellowtail and white seabass. And, of course, there are the ...

sea otters consume voracious kelp-eating sea urchins at a high enough rate that kelp forests continue to persist and provide habitat for numerous species. Without sea otters, sea urchins devour ...

“It will be an exciting and unique opportunity for recreational divers to assist with the establishment and ongoing maintenance of giant kelp forests at local dive tourist sites on the Tasman ...