Jonathan Page is working with the Kelp Rescue Initiative at the Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre in partnership with Tsleil-Waututh First Nation to find ways to preserve and revive B.C.’s kelp forests
Despite lasting longer than traditional roofs, providing health benefits and being an effective tool to mitigate the impacts of climate change, green roofs haven’t caught on in Saskatchewan.
Marine heat waves have been killing kelp on parts of the West Coast, and human-caused climate change is forecast to make these heat waves more frequent and intense. A team of scientists is studying what people can do to help the kelp especially as we look to it as a possible ally against carbon emissions.