Holsberry is an artistic scavenger, collecting bits and pieces of natural artifacts from Bay Area beaches; bird nests, kelp, animal bones, shells. She hauls them back to her studio where she ...

Elimination of these underwater forests would disrupt the entire ecosystem and could have serious repercussions for the planet, including increased carbon emissions from dead kelp. Large marine ...

Kelp, in particular, has the potential to greatly reduce ocean acidification. Naturally occurring in cold, coastal marine waters, kelp grows quickly without the need for fertilizer, and it takes ...

Marine heat waves that seemed extreme just a decade ago will become commonplace by the end of this century in waters favored by giant kelp, researchers have found. Dense forests of giant kelp ...

OAKLAND, Calif.— The Center for Biological Diversity petitioned NOAA Fisheries today to grant Endangered Species Act protection to bull kelp, which faces grave threats from climate change and coastal ...