Coastal and marine ecosystems play a significant role in the global carbon cycle, sequestering and storing carbon over long timescales.
Read MoreGrant Downie is cruising through Caspar Bay, a small cove 150 miles north of San Francisco on the rugged Mendocino County coast. From the helm of his 18-foot fishing boat, The Rose, Downie steers along the jagged cliffs that surround a pristine beach at the shore.
Read MoreOn the fishing dock in Noyo Harbor, two days’ haul of purple sea urchin barely filled a large plastic crate.
Read MoreIn an effort to aid kelp forests, and help the under-the-waves ecosystem, purple urchins will pop up on plates aplenty in November 2021.
Read MoreThey're small creatures creating big problems in the oceans. Sea urchins are destroying crucial habitats. Now, some divers are turning the tables; Tina Kraus reports for CBS2.
Read MoreThe pasta arrives last, after the Scottish salmon in yuzu ponzu, the karaage and the bluefin tuna belly with shiitake salsa. It comes a full 45 minutes after the tsukune, cooked over natural oak charcoal.
Read MoreThe population of kelp forests, which help clean the air, has fallen dramatically. That has environmentalists worried.
Read MoreResearchers have urged the New South Wales government to support sea urchin harvesting along the South Coast as a way of boosting the economy and controlling the environmental pest.
Read MoreConner Rhoads is an urchin diver and fisherman, whose way of life and relationship to the ocean has been passed down from generation to generation.
Read MoreUnderwater kelp forests have provided valuable ecosystem services for millennia. However, the global economic value of those services is largely unresolved.
Read MoreUntil recently, giant seaweed called bull kelp formed lush underwater forests in northern California’s coastal waters. These kelp forests have long provided critical habitat for many species like salmon, crabs, and jellyfish.
Read MoreScientists investigating declines in California’s kelp forests credit otters with helping to protect kelp - a species of seaweed - through their fondness for eating sea urchins.
Read MoreSpring has returned to the California coast, bringing with it abundant sunshine and calmer seas. Storm-tossed sands settle. Nourishing cold water floods in from offshore. It is time for a climate superhero to emerge.
Read MoreUlsteinvik – March 30th, 2021 – ENEOS Holdings, Inc. (“ENEOS”) a leading Japanese energy and metal conglomerate and a North American family office with a strong interest in ocean health have participated in the €4,85 million Series A for Urchinomics, the pioneering sea urchin aquaculture venture.
Read MoreClimate change is responsible for increased frequency, intensity, and duration of extreme events, such as marine heatwaves (MHWs). Within eastern boundary current systems, MHWs have profound impacts on temperature-nutrient dynamics that drive primary productivity.
Read MoreKelp forests along Northern California have almost vanished. Divers and scientists are racing to stop purple sea urchins from taking over critical habitat.
Read MoreSea urchin ranching concept Urchinomics has seen success at its semi-commercial trial in Japan, Brian Tsuyoshi Takeda -- founder and CEO of the initiative -- told Undercurrent News.
Read MoreUlsteinvik – March 30th, 2021 – ENEOS Holdings, Inc. (“ENEOS”) a leading Japanese energy and metal conglomerate and a North American family office with a strong interest in ocean health have participated in the €4,85 million Series A for Urchinomics, the pioneering sea urchin aquaculture venture.
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