"Efforts to Save Kelp Forests from Ocean Warming Are Ramping Up"#Kelp #Oceans #Environment
Efforts to Save Kelp Forests from Ocean Warming Are Ramping UpAt one time, kelp forests — which shelter fish, slow erosion, and sequester carbon — grew along a third of the world’s coastlines. Now, scientists are working to bolster heat-stressed kelp by attacking the urchins that prey on them and transplanting hardier kelp varieties.