Another vital forest at risk: Scientists fear warming water could be killing off Puget Sound's kelp

Another vital forest at risk: Scientists fear warming water could be killing off Puget Sound's kelp beds​

 

Thank you for posting - I just said to a community member here that I have not seen a stray detached kelp in the tideline nr Vancouver BC for ages — we used to drag them around and try to flip them like whips at others (bull kelp?) ... all those kid antics

For us - the kelp was a very helpful boating navigation safety marker because usually the kelp bed was an indication of a hidden rock reef that was not necessarily marked on charts or by a buoy etc.

And to think how many other species count on kelp too.

 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/sea-urchin-explosion-1.5333232