https://www.nps.gov/subjects/oceans/kelp-forests.htm
Kelp Forests - Oceans, Coasts & Seashores (U.S. National Park Service)
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https://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/earthisblue/wk182-kelp-forest.html
Kelp forests | Office of National Marine Sanctuaries
Did you know that there are forests beneath the waves? Check out our video to learn why kelp forests are such important habitats!
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https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/01/240116131836.htm
Pacific kelp forests are far older that we thought | ScienceDaily
Fossils of kelp along the Pacific Coast are rare. Until now, the oldest fossil dated from 14 million years ago, leading to the view that today's denizens of...
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https://news.mongabay.com/2023/04/kelp-forests-contribute-500-billion-to-global-economy-study-shows/
Kelp forests contribute $500 billion to global economy, study shows
Apr 26, 2023 - Environmental science and conservation news
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https://scicon.libsyn.com/webpage/category/Kelp%20Forests
How To Protect The Ocean (Kelp Forests)
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https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/15/5/1276
A Multi-Satellite Mapping Framework for Floating Kelp Forests
Kelp forests provide key habitat on the Pacific Coast of Canada; however, the long-term changes in their distribution and abundance remain poorly understood....
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https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/05/240521124247.htm
A rise in sea urchins and related damage to kelp forests impacts Oregon's gray whales and their...
A recent boom in the purple sea urchin population off the southern Oregon Coast appears to have had an indirect and negative impact on the gray whales that...
https://research-repository.uwa.edu.au/en/publications/substantial-blue-carbon-in-overlooked-australian-kelp-forests/
Substantial blue carbon in overlooked Australian kelp forests - the UWA Profiles and Research...
https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/smashing-urchins-among-promising-efforts-restore-california-kelp-forests/
Smashing urchins among promising efforts to restore California kelp forests - CBS San Francisco
After purple urchins helped nearly wipe out California's underwater bull kelp forests, biologists say they're seeing promising signs that efforts to save them...
https://dornsife.usc.edu/wrigley/2025/08/31/the-forgotten-forest-how-urchin-hunters-help-californias-kelp-forests-bounce-back/
"The forgotten forest": How urchin-hunters help California's kelp forests bounce back
Oct 10, 2025 - Creating a more sustainable and environmentally just future for our planet and all who live on it
https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2023/may/uwa-marine-ecologists-headline-major-un-report-into-worlds-kelp-forests
Marine ecologists headline major UN report into world's kelp forests
Marine ecologists and an environmental law specialist from The University of Western Australia are lead contributors to the most comprehensive review...
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https://fisheriespodcast.podbean.com/e/351-kelp-forests-bivalves-and-polyculture-with-dr-gretchen-mccarthy/
351 - Kelp Forests, Bivalves, and Polyculture with Dr. Gretchen McCarthy | The Fisheries Podcast
On this episode of The Fisheries Podcast, Alanna hosts Dr. Gretchen McCarthy. The two discuss experiences in oyster farming, Gretchen's time as a Hollings...
https://science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory/finding-floating-forests-it-takes-an-online-village-to-map-massive-kelp/
Finding Floating Forests: It Takes an Online Village to Map Massive Kelp - NASA Science
Nov 25, 2025 - Giant kelp forests are among Earth's most productive habitats, but they are ephemeral. Researchers are using Landsat and a host of online friends to figure out...
https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/636b37a1b5f44105a485237e52adb651
Patterns of loss and persistence in kelp forests
Mar 23, 2021 - South Puget Sound (1873-2018)
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https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/volunteers-in-palos-verdes-peninsula-rebuild-kelp-forests-and-marine-life-will-come/
Volunteers In Palos Verdes Peninsula: Rebuild Kelp Forests And Marine Life Will Come - CBS Los...
Kelp in the Palos Verdes Peninsula, one of the most important kelp forest regions on the West Coast, have been hit hard. Kelp forests there have suffered a 76...
https://woods.stanford.edu/research/funding-opportunities/big-ideas-oceans/understanding-role-kelp-forests-climate-mitigation
Understanding the role of kelp forests in climate mitigation | Stanford Woods Institute for the...
2025 | Oceans, Climate | North America
https://www.kqed.org/science/1927312/a-sea-urchin-army-is-mowing-down-californias-kelp-forests-but-why
A Sea Urchin Army Is Mowing Down California's Kelp Forests -- But Why? | KQED
Kelp is a keystone in the ocean ecosystem. It's not entirely clear why the urchins have taken over, but there's optimism that the kelp devastation is temporary.
https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2025-04-11/sunflower-sea-star-restoring-kelp-forests
The sunflower sea star could hold the key to restoring kelp forests off California's coast - Los...
Apr 11, 2025 - Bringing back sunflower sea stars, which are functionally extinct in California, could help restore kelp forests off the coast, researchers say.