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

Chef Andrew Wilkinson of North Coast Seafoods hands out samples of kelp "meatballs" at an Introduction to Global Public Health class. (Photos by Lee Pellegrini) A new nutritious, sustainable, ...

Following January's wildfires, there have been reports of increased debris floating off the Southern California coast, including a viral video that showed a floating debris island off the coast of ...

An institute at Cal Poly Humboldt has hosted seed and plant exchanges, a program on the restoration of kelp forests, ...

Kelp may be one of the first species to show how coastal ecosystems will respond to the L.A. fires. These forests of fast-growing brown algae provide food and habitat for hundreds of marine ...

The contribution of kelp detritus to coastal planktonic food webs has not previously been examined. Here, we demonstrate that detritus derived from a dominant kelp in the Northeast Pacific, ...

Kelp, in particular, has the potential to greatly ... Meanwhile, look for them as a fresh, sustainable food on ever more plates.