When we think about carbon sequestration and oxygen production, trees come to mind, right? This is only one part of the equation. Scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) estimate 50 per cent – 80 per cent of our planet’s oxygen is produced in the ocean.
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Read MoreCalifornia Sea Grant is pleased to announce six new research projects aimed at restoring California’s kelp forests.
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Read MoreA new sea urchin ranching concept — 'Urchinomics' — could be about to change the way several species' value chains operate, according to the company behind it.
Read MoreA new sea urchin ranching concept — 'Urchinomics' — could be about to change the way several species' value chains operate, according to the company behind it.
Read MoreA new research project is delving into the favoured locations and condition of wild bull kelp in inlets in B.C.’s south coast, east of Campbell River.
Read MoreSpiky, voracious and multiplying at an alarming rate, sea urchins are destroying marine ecosystems around the world. The solution? Eat them, according to one company.
Read MoreThe “sequoias of the sea” suck up carbon and shelter special species. They’ve been hit hard, but scientists, surfers, and more are banding together to save them.
Read MoreThe “sequoias of the sea” suck up carbon and shelter special species. They’ve been hit hard, but scientists, surfers, and more are banding together to save them.
Read MoreLOS ANGELES – Considered a delicacy around the globe, sea urchins please the palates of the wealthy, showing up on sushi bars and swirled into pasta at fine restaurants. However, these spiny creatures in recent years have plowed through forests of bull kelp along coasts around the world.
Read MoreLOS ANGELES – Considered a delicacy around the globe, sea urchins please the palates of the wealthy, showing up on sushi bars and swirled into pasta at fine restaurants. However, these spiny creatures in recent years have plowed through forests of bull kelp along coasts around the world.
Read More下次吃壽司、或是日本料理，記得多吃一顆海膽，因為你可能正在「救地球」呢！海膽的主食是海帶，而海帶在海洋生態系統理佔極重要的位置，由於海膽數量迅速增加，導致美國加州海帶面臨枯竭的危險，這一切其實都環環相扣，因為全球暖化關係，紫海膽暴增，海帶森林被「啃成沙漠」，養殖者為了保環境不得不潛進海裡清除海膽。
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Read MoreUrchinomics is opening its first land-based sea urchin ranch in Norway, in a project that could both improve marine habitats and help diversify the country's aquaculture sector.
Read MoreUrchinomics is opening its first land-based sea urchin ranch in Norway, in a project that could both improve marine habitats and help diversify the country's aquaculture sector.
Read MoreTareskogen er helt avgjørende for livet i havet, og har ti ganger mer økonomisk verdi enn regnskogen. Norge har Europas største tareskog, men har allerede mistet nesten halvparten av den.
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