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In October, scientists from the U.S. Navy published a study that found that marine macroalgae in Hawai‘i , such as seaweed, produce sounds during photosynthesis. 
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Kelp forests — luxuriant coastal ecosystems that are home to a wide variety of marine biodiversity — are being wiped out from Tasmania to California, replaced by sea urchin barrens that are nearly devoid of life.
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Climbing sea temperatures along the coast of Australia has led to massive deterioration of underwater kelp forests, New Scientist reports. In a study published in Science this week, researcher
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This is a new zooniverse citizen science project to help document and describe kelp forests from satellite imagery.
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In a global survey of kelp forests, scientists found that some populations are remaining stable or increasing despite global climate change in part due to local management of stressors such as pollution, fishing and coastal development.
Dulce Lopez's insight:
It is nice to read positive news about an ecosystem/species thriving. As the title of this article implies, Kelp forests are thriving and doing well despite anthropogenic stressors. This study is one that is very impressive given that this study analyzed trends in kelp forest abundance in 1,138 sites over the past half century.
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Warmer air and water temperatures, combined with overseas tropical storms, delivered an ecologically desirable but olfactory disagreeable gift to the shores of Laguna Beach this summer: copious amounts of kelp.
PIRatE Lab's insight:
"Wracks"...."wracks!" "Wracks!"
Can we please get an editor in here?!? It is "wrack" people. While I sen to have long given up the hope that writers actually know something about science, there is still a thing called a dictionary.
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October 21, 2014 12:22 AM
"Wracks"...."wracks!" "Wracks!"
Can we please get an editor in here?!? It is "wrack" people. While I sen to have long given up the hope that writers actually know something about science, there is still a thing called a dictionary.
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UC Santa Barbara researchers are asking recreational divers to participate in a giant sea bass census this week. According to researchers these fish can
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New Giant Sea Bass public science census week!
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