Kelp disappearing from Puget Sound, researchers step in. Posted: October 28, 2024 | Last updated: December 29, 2024. Changes in the water, weather and environment around Puget Sound are causing ...

It can grow more than a foot a day. The specimens that wash up on beaches have detached from the ocean floor. Puget Sound has lost about two-thirds of its bull kelp forests, according to PDZA.

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Changes in the water, weather and environment around Puget Sound are causing kelp to disappear. There are efforts underway to bring it back in full force.