She is also affiliated as a science advisor with the Kelp Rescue Initiative. University of Victoria provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA-FR. University of Victoria provides funding ...

Now, some scientists are asking: could kelp forests be part of the solution too? In the first national assessment of Canada's kelp forests, our research team set out to estimate how much carbon ...

Great swathes of kelp provide shelter and food for marine life in reefs along many of the world’s coastlines. But these kelp forests (pictured) are under threat, partly because of rising ocean ...

While kelp forests persist along northern Maine’s rocky coast, kelp abundance has declined by as much as 80% on the southern coast in recent decades. In its stead, carpet-like turf algae have ...

PUMA has launched a new iteration of its iconic Mostro silhouette with the Mostro Mule, now available in fresh “Sea Kelp” and “Lilac Frost” colorways. With a low-profile design and slip-on ...

West Sacramento-based Macro Oceans is introducing its new seaweed cellulose-derived product Big Kelp Flex at a national convention for the cosmetics industry in New York. Power 100: Sacramento's ...

Chef Andrew Wilkinson of North Coast Seafoods hands out samples of kelp "meatballs" at an Introduction to Global Public Health class. (Photos by Lee Pellegrini) A new nutritious, sustainable, ...

Recently, there is an increasing fascination in kelp supplements largely because of the multitude of health advantages they provide. Kelp, a variety of seaweed, is packed with critical nutrients ...

Canadian marine ecologist Karen Filbee-Dexter has grieved for a celebrated kelp forest scorched into extinction by a summer heat wave in St. Margaret’s Bay, Nova Scotia. She’s also discovered ...

The UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced people, Paula Gaviria, said Monday that the resolution of the internal displacement crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

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