The southern coast of Chile appears to be a safe haven for giant kelp forests (Macrocystis pyrifera). With stalks up to 60 meters long, these algae form underwater forests in coastal waters of the ...

by following changes in their biomass and net primary production over 17 months in 600-m² plots where giant kelp was continually removed or left intact and allowed to vary naturally. Production by ...

They trim the ends of the algae a few feet below the surface of the water. Later this year, a robotic harvester will begin doing the same tasks at a much larger scale. Giant kelp grows incredibly ...

The brown leafy algae had been under attack from a non ... started by Caruso in 2010 after she worked on the Orange County Giant Kelp Restoration Project, celebrates the local coast’s kelp ...

It’s made not of trees but of strands of giant kelp, a species of algae that can grow taller than a 10-story building. Tethered to the seafloor and buoyed by air-filled chambers, the kelp ...

Kelp forests are some of the most productive ecosystems on Earth. Giant kelp, a kind of algae, can grow up to 18 inches per day, and the trees reach more than ten stories tall at full growth.

2. Algae can range from 100-foot-long giant kelp to several varieties of microbes called cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green algae. 3. Usually associated with dangerous algal blooms that can ...

Sunlight filters down through a canopy of giant kelp to the understory algae below. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert!

Although 95 per cent of giant kelp forests are gone, all hope has not been lost. Dr Anusuya Willis, director of the Australian National Algae Culture Collection at CSIRO, is analysing the surviving ...

The cold waters near Antarctica are filled with lush forests of 4 main species of large algae plants, or seaweeds. Researchers are comparing their pervasiveness to giant kelp forests of the more ...