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The documentary Sequoias of the Sea explore the challenges facing kelp ecosystems in California. It will screen at the Ocean ...
Of the 1,000 workers who heard that they would be able to return to their jobs, several included workers from the Santa ...
"Catalina is one of the eight Channel Islands and it's an area that is ... At stake is Catalina's kaleidoscope of life, from vibrant kelp forests to species still being discovered.
Sea otter population growth during the last century has enhanced kelp forest resilience, according to researchers at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. When studying sea otters along the coastlines of islands ...
the captain announces over the radio, as we cut through the inky-blue Santa Barbara Channel back ... gliding through a kelp forest under a jetty. Before visiting the Channel Islands – situated ...
Chan can now return to his job surveying the Channel Islands kelp forests and tide pools, as part of the park’s mission to monitor and preserve these natural resources. Since he has been reinstated, ...
This isn’t your typical land forest! On Anacapa Island, a small volcanic island off the coast of California, US, is the Channel Islands National Park, host to a number of underwater kelp forests.
Kenan Chan counts his time at the Channel Islands National Park ... put in place to track life on and around the islands, including a kelp forest monitoring program that started in 1982.