Divers recently sought evidence of the Palisades fire's underwater toll, particularly its effect on a vital anchor of the ...

The rich resources of Pacific kelp forests helped humans populate the Americas. Now depleted by as much as 95 percent, they ...

Sea otters help recover the kelp forests they depend on. Now scientists know how - While threatened by climate change, otters ...

A new study sheds light on the power of keystone species, which could help ecologists in other environments. View on euronews ...

Arctic kelp absorbs metals from melting glaciers, increasing mercury levels by 72%. This could harm marine life and fisheries ...

When sea otters were reintroduced along the coastlines of islands in Southern California and British Columbia, researchers ...

Researchers found that climate change induced glacial melt increases the heavy metal content and changes the microbiome of habitat-forming brown algae in Arctic fjords. As algae are at the basis of ...

Sargassum floats near the water’s surface, while kelp is anchored to rocks on the ocean floor. Both of these types of algae feed and give shelter to other marine life, including fish, turtles, ...

Carbon dioxide also dissolves in seawater, where it is absorbed by seagrasses and algae. Seagrasses, which are plants adapted to live in the sea, are different from kelp and other algae in that ...

A giant sea bass swims amid kelp at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach. Kelp is highly sensitive to environmental changes. Fluctuations in temperature, light availability, nutrients and ...

The marine mammals also help to restore kelp forests, controlling populations of sea urchins that devour the algae. Now, scientists say they know why some places bounce back quicker than others ...