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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.
Top contributors
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Professor of Marine Botany, The University of Western Australia
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ARC Future Fellow in Marine Ecology, The University of Western Australia
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Postdoctoral research fellow, UNSW
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Vice Dean for Research, Arctic and Marine Biology, University of Tromsø
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Professor of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of Calgary
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Professor in marine ecology, UNSW
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Research Fellow in Ecology, The University of Western Australia
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Research Fellow in Marine Ecology, Marine Biological Association
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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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Lecturer, College of Humanities, University of Dar es Salaam
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Research Affiliate in Marine Ecology, University of Newcastle; University of Tokyo
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Chief Research Scientist - Environment, CSIRO
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Adjunct Professor, Southern Cross University and Associate Professor, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia
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Senior Lecturer in Climate and Fluid Physics, Australian National University
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Professor of Biology and a marine plant biologist, University of Cape Town