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20 sie 2019 · The red abalone is dying off as its food source—the California kelp forests—are decimated. Experts fear the die-off may be a sign of what’s to come. Many people have never eaten—or even heard...
1 dzień temu · With California's spectacular kelp forests being decimated by invasive sea urchins, scientists are using sea otters to help eliminate the sea urchins. NBC News' Gadi Schwartz goes below the ...
After the disease killed more than 5 billion sea stars, the urchin population exploded, devouring kelp and leaving seascapes with almost nothing but the spiny, globular echinoderms. The kelp loss prompted the California Fish and Game Commission to close its recreational red abalone fishery in 2018.
30 kwi 2020 · The “sequoias of the sea” suck up carbon and shelter special species. They’ve been hit hard, but scientists, surfers, and more are banding together to save them.
4 gru 2022 · Far from a backdrop, kelp forests provide shelter and food for dozens of species, including iconic ambassadors of marine life like whales and sea otters. Salmon hide from predators among the...
7 kwi 2024 · What would that mean for phytoplankton, a critical element of the lower food web? Could Kelp Blue induce a dead zone? Or attract new species that haven’t been part of the ecosystem?
10 gru 2023 · After the disease killed more than 5 billion sea stars, the urchin population exploded, devouring kelp and leaving seascapes with almost nothing but the spiny, globular echinoderms.
