Kelp forests around the world, and in Canada, are under threat. New research sheds further light on the health, and resilience, of these crucial ecosystems.
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Controlling invasive sea urchins is expensive. Why not make it profitable by fishing for them and selling their roe as a delicacy?
New Zealand’s kelp forests provide food and shelter for many marine species of commercial and cultural value. But they are at risk from warming oceans, run-off from land and marine invaders.
We cannot afford to ignore kelp – these vibrant underwater forests have sustained people and ecosystems for centuries, and continue to do so today.
When we stopped whaling, the whales recovered. But our vital kelp forests won’t return without our help
A transcript of episode 5 of The Conversation Weekly podcast, including stories on the Arctic Ocean and new archaeological finds in Tanzania’s Olduvai Gorge.
Humanity is destroying Earth’s ability to support complex life. But coming to grips with the magnitude of the problem is hard, even for experts.
The Arctic has been a remote place for much of its history. But climate change is bringing global problems and opportunities to its door.
Even within a species, animals will suffer climate change differently. For sharks, it pays to live in warmer waters.
Analysis of last summer’s heatwave shows it killed farmed salmon and decimated kelp forests, as well as shifting grape harvests and fish spawning times forward by several weeks.
Climate change affects kelp forests all over the world differently. In southern Africa, they seem to be thriving which should be good news. The marine life relying on kelp, are however struggling.
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Postdoctoral research fellow, UNSW Sydney
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Research Fellow, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia
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Vice Dean for Research, Arctic and Marine Biology, University of Tromsø
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Professor, Macquarie University
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Honorary Associate, Tasmanian Institute for Agriculture, University of Tasmania
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Professor in marine ecology, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Biology and a marine plant biologist, University of Cape Town
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Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, University of California, Los Angeles
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Senior Research Scientist, CSIRO
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Professor, Physical Geography (climate science), Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Professor, Marine Ecology, Aarhus University
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Professor & CoScientific Director of ArcticNet, Université Laval
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Research Scientist/Adjunct University Professor, Université du Québec à Rimouski (UQAR)
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Professor of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of Calgary
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Connor Gervais
