Those are among the key findings of a long-term study of sea urchins and kelp forest dynamics in Monterey Bay conducted by scientists at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Published June 29 ...

Sea urchin divers started coming in and reporting that these kelp forests that they had worked for decades, were just completely gone. They couldn’t fish there anymore and they didn’t know ...

Kelp forests are a key marine ecosystem. They act as a home and nursery for a number of fish species important in Oregon’s commercial and recreational fisheries. Commercial urchin divers were ...

Countries around the world are increasingly turning to nature to help alleviate the impacts of climate change. Forests, ...

Its volunteers monitor kelp forests from Canada to Mexico. Josh Russo, a former abalone fisher and founder of the Watermen’s Alliance, a coalition of spearfishing clubs, helped start the urchin ...

Now, the kelp is replaced by armies of purple sea urchins, a casualty of a vast kelp forest collapse that began in 2014. Fueled by a marine heat wave that year that scientists dubbed “the blob ...

Now, the kelp is replaced by armies of purple sea urchins, a casualty of a vast kelp forest collapse that began in 2014. Fueled by a marine heat wave that year that scientists dubbed “the blob ...

Kelp forests are teeming with life, earning their reputation as biodiversity hotspots. In a single patch of forest, you might encounter sea urchins scuttling along the seafloor, colorful ...

Lacking natural predators and able to survive long after food sources are diminished, purple sea urchins are devastating kelp forests, an important carbon sink. The founders of a Newport startup have ...

Warming oceans lead kelp to produce fewer offspring that may grow slower. Unchecked sea urchin grazing can strip the forest into a barren, where biodiversity plummets. Nutrient pollution from land ...

KelpFest will be held on Saturday, June 7 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. A kelp talk will be held from 1 to 2 p.m. Meet at the ...

Along the Monterey Peninsula, “urchin barrens” with no kelp (foreground) are interspersed with remnant patches of kelp forest (background). (Photo by Michael Langhans) In 2019, researchers found a ...