describe characteristics of a kelp forest ecosystem. explain the interactions between habitats and species. give examples of producers, consumers and scavengers in a kelp forest. draw and label the ...

While the marine heatwaves killing the kelp ecosystem were alarming on their own, the researchers have discovered a new ...

OFF THE SAN CLEMENTE COAST – The kelp strands sprawl across acres of ocean surface, the water so clear that the eyes of boaters can follow them down several feet before they disappear into blue murk.

Not many farmers wear a wetsuit to work. But Tom Ford isn’t running your average farm. Instead of a tractor he drives a motorboat. And rather than chase away insects and rodents, he fights off prickly ...

Kelp plants grow on a 30-foot-long, white PVC pole suspended in the water. If this is successful, instead of just one row, there would be a whole platform, hundreds of meters across and hundreds of ...

Rocks bigger than basketballs were pushed into the ocean off San Clemente this week to provide the foundation for a 150-acre reef for giant kelp -- a project scientists say is one of the largest and ...

(ENN) -- As houses slid down California cliffs this winter as a result of El Niño's battering winds and rain, marine scientists were busy studying the effects of El Nino on the ocean floor. Jim Estes, ...

LOS ANGELES — Not many farmers wear a wetsuit to work. But Tom Ford isn’t running your average ranch. Instead of a tractor, he drives a motorboat. And rather than chase away insects and rodents, he ...

HOOD CANAL, Wash. (AP) — Scientist Joth Davis unspooled 150 feet of line holding thousands of tiny spores of kelp into Hood Canal in Washington state, while Brian Allen dove underwater and affixed the ...