Struggling kelp forests like those along the California coast show why 'out of sight, out of mind' is not good climate change ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A giant sea bass swims amid kelp at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach. Kelp is highly sensitive to environmental changes.

“Kelp is a community resource enjoyed by many, and it will take all of us to understand and protect it for future generations ...

Adorably fuzzy sea otters aren’t just cute. The marine mammals serve a crucial role, helping to restore the giant kelp forests they rely on by removing their top predators, the sea urchins. When ...

Our oceans are becoming more acidic; their pH is going down as they absorb more and more carbon dioxide from Earth's atmosphere. It's thought that this acidity is negatively affecting marine life, and ...

Sean Den Adel and Skye Steritz operate Noble Ocean Farms out of Cordova. (Photo courtesy Mark Titus) Sean Den Adel and his fiance Skye Steritz live in Cordova and are among a handful of small-scale ...

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(GERMANY OUT) Kelp Forest Giant Kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Benito Island, Mexico (Photo by Reinhard Dirscherl/ullstein bild via Getty Images) In this study, the scientists compared how the ...

The DNA of kelp has enabled scientists to show just how interconnected coastal communities of the Southern Ocean are. A new study carried out genomic analyses of bull kelp washed up over decades in ...