How do you ‘grow’ an endangered starfish? Bay Area scientists are finding out
The return of kelp forests in northern California will depend in part on the return of sunflower stars, a kind of starfish ...
来自MSN22 天
Braving sharks and hordes of urchins, scientists are growing kelp one forest at a time
Fueled by a marine heat wave that year that scientists dubbed “the blob,” and key predators absent, urchins devoured more than 90% of bull kelp forests in Northern California. South of the San ...
Longview News-Journal1 天
Scientists learn how to ‘grow’ endangered starfish
“I’m very hopeful.” Roughly 6 billion sunflower stars have died in their range from Baja California to Alaska since 2013, due ...
NBC News23 天
Scientists battle to save California's endangered kelp forests
With California's spectacular kelp forests being decimated by invasive sea urchins, scientists are using sea otters to help eliminate the sea urchins. NBC News' Gadi Schwartz goes below the ...
Center for Biological Diversity2 年
Endangered Species Act Protection Sought for West Coast’s Bull 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 ...