Kelp forests are beautiful and biodiverse and very valuable for humanity. A new study has estimated that they provide services worth more than $1 trillion annually. These include food, oxygen, carbon capture, nutrient cycling, and coastal protection.

#kelpforests #ecosystemservices #blueeconomy

https://www.sciencealert.com/a-hidden-underwater-resource-is-worth-way-more-than-expected-study-reveals

“The Giant Kelp Restoration Project was established as a desperate attempt to save the last of Tasmania's beautiful and once widespread giant kelp forests.
“In the space of one human lifetime, 95 per cent have vanished.
“Scientists say that terrible rate of loss is due to the extension of the East Australian Current, which now brings warm, nutrient-poor water all the way along Tasmania's east coast, replacing the cold, sub-Antarctic waters the kelp used to thrive in.”
#ExtinctionRebellion #Auspol #ClimateEmergency #GiantKelp #KelpForests

From: @paularose
https://mastodon.au/@paularose/110306641244216177

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RT @JennMcHenry
This #phycologyfriday I present to you:

✨✨Pedro Pascal as #kelp ✨✨

🧵First up, Pedro as #BullKelp (N. leutkeana). This sp. forms #kelpforests across the NE Pacific & thrives in high energy rocky areas. Its easily spotted by its distinct surface canopy & "mermaids bladder"!
https://twitter.com/JennMcHenry/status/1644408528961155073

Referenced link: https://phys.org/news/2023-03-uncovers-unprecedented-declines-iconic-kelp.html
Discuss on https://discu.eu/q/https://phys.org/news/2023-03-uncovers-unprecedented-declines-iconic-kelp.html

Originally posted by Phys.org / @physorg_com: http://nitter.platypush.tech/physorg_com/status/1639006652937674762#m

New study uncovers unprecedented declines in iconic #kelpforests along Monterey Peninsula @PLOSONE https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article https://phys.org/news/2023-03-uncovers-unprecedented-declines-iconic-kelp.html

Referenced link: https://phys.org/news/2023-02-sunflower-sea-stars-kelp-forests.html
Discuss on https://discu.eu/q/https://phys.org/news/2023-02-sunflower-sea-stars-kelp-forests.html

Originally posted by Phys.org / @physorg_com: http://nitter.platypush.tech/physorg_com/status/1628462839449939969#m

Study: Sunflower sea stars could help bring back #kelpforests @RSocPublishing https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2022.1897 https://phys.org/news/2023-02-sunflower-sea-stars-kelp-forests.html

#Argentina’s largest #CarbonSink gets permanent protection Over 459,000 acres of sea surrounding the #Mitre Peninsula will be protected, restricting human activity and preserving #KelpForests and marine #ecosystems.

https://news.mongabay.com/2022/12/peat-on-land-and-kelp-at-sea-as-argentina-protects-tip-of-tierra-del-fuego/

"The researcher of the Department of Botany and Plant Physiology of the University of Malaga María Altamirano is a member of the scientific team that collaborates in the Seamounts Project, a project led by the Charles Darwin Foundation (CDF) that has discovered an extensive kelp forest on the summit of a seamount, at depths of ~ 50 m, in the south of the Galapagos Islands".

#kelpforests #Galapagos
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/976793

Surveying kelp forests via scuba divers has its limitations, however the Seattle Aquarium found just the solution! Using their BlueROV2 and open-source AI programs to conduct benthic surveys along the Olympic Peninsula, they aim to broaden their spatial extent regarding kelp, invertebrates, and fish in the surrounding kelp forests.
#kelpforests #research #ROV #blueROV2 #marinesurveying #robotics

Kelp absorbs carbon dioxide and has high nutritional value, but it is under threat from rising temperatures, pollution and invasive species

#ClimateCrisis #CO2Absorption #Pollution #HelpingNatureHeal #Seaweed #KelpForests

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/02/kelp-seaweed-forests-research-climate-crisis?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

"The one thing that kelp in particular should never be underestimated for is the productivity and biodiversity it supports around the world. It should be protected and restored with a great sense of urgency.”

Kelp absorbs carbon dioxide and has high nutritional value, but it is under threat from rising temperatures, pollution and invasive species.

#Environment #Kelp #KelpForests #Oceans #Climate #Seaweed

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/02/kelp-seaweed-forests-research-climate-crisis

Less than three decades after the Steller's sea cow was described, the #species was #extinct. But a new study led by @peterroopnarine suggests it left a legacy in the North Pacific's coastal waters: the enhancement of #kelp forests through its eating habits.

My story for
@mongabay

https://news.mongabay.com/2022/12/extinct-sea-cows-underwater-engineering-legacy-lives-on-today-study-finds/

#seacows #extinction #kelpforests #ocean

RT @thembauk@twitter.com

#KelpForests are some of the most widespread and productive #ecosystems on Earth, comparable to the #AmazonRainforest 🌱🌊 🌲🌳🌍

Read more here: https://buff.ly/3AhnLeK 👀
#MBAKelpClimate @DanSmale1@twitter.com

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/thembauk/status/1594983279161221120

Referenced link: https://phys.org/news/2022-08-climate-kelp-forests-capacity-carbon.html
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Originally posted by Phys.org / @physorg_com@twitter.com: https://twitter.com/physorg_com/status/1562447277033021440#m

#Climatechange predicted to reduce #kelpforests' capacity to trap and store carbon @plos @PLOSBiology https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article https://phys.org/news/2022-08-climate-kelp-forests-capacity-carbon.html

RT @EurOceanCentre: Kelp forests provide food, nursery areas, and shelter—including protection from predators and storms.

#ourocean #savetheocean #marinelife #oceanconservation #oceanliteracy #bluegeneration #kelpforests

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EU_MARE/status/1555605580546441217

Referenced link: https://phys.org/news/2022-07-scientists-uncover-urchins-california-kelp.html
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Originally posted by Phys.org / @physorg_com@twitter.com: https://twitter.com/physorg_com/status/1546916568558436352#m

Scientists uncover why urchins are mowing down California's #kelpforests https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ecy.3673 https://phys.org/news/2022-07-scientists-uncover-urchins-california-kelp.html

Referenced link: https://phys.org/news/2022-06-destruction-recovery-kelp-forests-driven.html
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Originally posted by Phys.org / @physorg_com@twitter.com: https://twitter.com/physorg_com/status/1542160977520623616#m

Destruction and recovery of #kelpforests driven by changes in #sea urchin behavior https://phys.org/news/2022-06-destruction-recovery-kelp-forests-driven.html