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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

29, 2023, near Caspar, Calif. California's coast has bull and giant kelp, the world's largest marine algae. Urchins have hurt both species, though giant kelp forests have fared better. Credit ...

Drone footage has captured killer whales breaking off stalks of kelp and rubbing the pieces on other orcas, a rare case of tool use in marine animals ...

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 ...