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Helvarg on the “Forest of the Sea”
Read more: Helvarg on the “Forest of the Sea”The tables turn on the latest episode of Rising Tide the Ocean Podcast as Blue Frontier’s Natasha Benjamin interviews Rising Tide co-host and author David Helvarg on his latest book, ‘Forest of the Sea – The Remarkable Life and Imperiled Future of Kelp’ (coming out May 5th). As co-director of the award-winning kelp forest documentary…
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The Planet’s other Forest Crisis
Read more: The Planet’s other Forest CrisisCalifornia’s kelp forests have struggled to recover since the 2013–2017 marine heat wave, despite major restoration efforts by scientists, fishermen, tribes, and volunteer divers. The decline reflects a global trend tied to ocean warming, as the sea absorbs roughly 90% of the excess heat generated by fossil fuel emissions. According to a 2023 study in…
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Post-Blob, California’s kelp crisis isn’t going away
Read more: Post-Blob, California’s kelp crisis isn’t going awayThe Kelp Collapse Since 2013, Northern California’s kelp forests have been devastated by a combination of extreme marine heatwaves and the loss of sunflower sea stars to wasting disease. With their main predator gone, purple urchins exploded in number, stripping away kelp and leaving behind vast “urchin barrens.” Image by NOAA Sanctuaries Ripple Effects Kelp…
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Drew Harvell — Exploring the Secrets of the Sea
Read more: Drew Harvell — Exploring the Secrets of the SeaIn the latest episode of ‘Rising Tide, the Ocean Podcast,’ hosts David Helvarg and Vicki Nichols Goldstein of the Inland Ocean Coalition interview Dr. Drew Harvell, an esteemed professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at Cornell University. The discussion delves into the recent breakthrough in identifying the bacteria responsible for sea star wasting disease, which…
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