Sea otters keep remaining California kelp forests alive nsf.gov - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nsf.gov Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Most of Northern California s kelp forest ecosystem is gone, replaced by widespread urchin barrens
Northern California s kelp forest ecosystem is gone, replaced by widespread urchin barrens.
March 17, 2021
Satellite imagery shows that the area covered by kelp forests off the coast of Northern California has dropped by more than 95%, with just a few small, isolated patches of the bull kelp remaining. Species-rich kelp forests have been replaced by urchin barrens, where purple sea urchins cover a seafloor devoid of kelp and other algae.
A new study led by U.S. National Science Foundation-funded researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz documents this dramatic shift in the coastal ecosystem and analyzes the events that caused it. The decline was not gradual but rather an abrupt collapse of the kelp forest ecosystem in the aftermath of unusual ocean warming along the U.S. West Coast starting in 2014, part of a series of events that combined to decimate the k
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A new Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program is coming to Clarkson University this summer thanks to a grant from the National Science Foundation. Aquatic Science, Engineering, and Technology (ASET) REU will bring eight undergraduates to Clarkson each summer for a ten-week research experience during the summers of 2021-2022.
Under the direction of Biology Professors Alan Christian and Andrew David, ASET will focus on the Great Lakes and Hudson River basin environmental research. REU interns will have opportunities to conduct research in a range of disciplines with a focus on 1) Aquatic Natural Sciences, 2) Aquatic Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences and 3) Aquatic Resource Engineering.
POTSDAM â A new Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program is coming to Clarkson University this summer thanks to a grant from the National Science Foundation. Aquatic Science, Engineering, and Technology (ASET) REU will bring eight undergraduates to Clarkson each summer for a 10-week research experience during the summers of 2021-22.
Under the direction of biology Professors Alan Christian and Andrew David, ASET will focus on the Great Lakes and Hudson River basin environmental research. REU interns will have opportunities to conduct research in a range of disciplines with a focus on 1. Aquatic Natural Sciences, 2. Aquatic Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences and 3. Aquatic Resource Engineering.
Scientists solve a key climate change mystery knowridge.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from knowridge.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.