The weathered UC Davis Marine Laboratory looms in thick fog on the edge of the ocean near Bodega Bay. Inside, an experiment is playing out that gives a badly-needed boost to Northern California’s kelp ...
It provides a variety of habitats for many species. Here, blue rockfish navigate the upper layers of the kelp forest. Shafts of light breaking through the canopy are causing their colours to shimmer.
This baby kelp will be out-planted using techniques ... we’ve demonstrated we can regrow these underwater trees and even patches of forest. “But we are fast learning that, to grow the forests ...