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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
The ocean twilight zone could store vast amounts of carbon captured from the atmosphere, but first we need a 4D monitoring system to ensure ramping up carbon storage does no harm.
A solution for managing the growing populations of long-spined sea urchins may not be clear at the moment, but there is a path forward.
Our ocean forests of seaweed are enormous. But these quick-growing, life-supporting forests are already vanishing.
Seaweed was thought to be a vital tool in the fight to slow climate change. But it turns out seaweed ecosystems may be a natural source of carbon dioxide – and not a sink.
The indirect losses from one heatwave in Western Australia caused A$4.14 billion per year worth of damage.
Making biofuels from crops grown on land poses trade-offs between food and fuel. A new study looks offshore.
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.
Plus, new discoveries about early humans in Tanzania’s Olduvai Gorge. Listen to episode 5 of The Conversation Weekly podcast.
With global warming, underwater Arctic kelp forests are proliferating, and might be a potential resource.
Marine heatwaves, like their land counterparts, are growing hotter and longer. Sea species in southeastern Australia, southeast Asia, northwestern Africa, Europe and eastern Canada are most at risk.
A chance discovery of some kelp that floated for 20,000km before washing up on an Antarctic beach has opened up a new chapter in our understanding of the currents that swirl around the Southern Ocean.
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.
Cool-water kelp forests are being eaten by tropical species moving south on warming waters.
A 10-week surge in ocean temperatures off the Western Australian coast has killed off large patches of kelp forest, the “biological engine” of Australia’s southern reefs.
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Professor, The University of Western Australia
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Research Fellow, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia
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Research Fellow in Marine Ecology, Marine Biological Association
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Professor of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of Calgary
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Postdoctoral research fellow, UNSW Sydney
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Director of Humanities Research Centre and Senior in the Department of Archaeology and Heritage Studies, University of Dar es Salaam
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Vice Dean for Research, Arctic and Marine Biology, University of Tromsø
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Lecturer, College of Humanities, University of Dar es Salaam
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Professor in marine ecology, UNSW Sydney
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Professor in Oceanography and Public Engagement, Utrecht University
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Postdoctoral Fellow at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Curtin University
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Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Marine Biological Association
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Professor of Biology and a marine plant biologist, University of Cape Town
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Postdoctoral research associate in Marine Ecology
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Associate Researcher, University of Tasmania
