Overfishing urchins: A paradoxical path to marine sustainability
In our warming oceans, marine species are moving into new areas and "re-engineering" or often destroying those ecosystems, ...
Sea otters help kelp forests recover—but how fast depends on where they are
When sea otters were reintroduced along the coastlines of islands in Southern California and British Columbia, researchers ...
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Sea urchin shells find new use as pottery glaze to avoid trash heap
HIRONO, Iwate Prefecture--Sea urchin are a culinary delicacy, but because their shells are often seen as too difficult or costly to recycle, they end up getting tossed out in bulk. But a local ...
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Sea otters help kelp forests recover, but there's more to the story
Sea otters help kelp forests recover by controlling sea urchins, but their impact varies. In British Columbia, recovery was ...
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Fossil found in Norwich could be 90 million years old
A fossil that was found on Mousehold Heath in Norwich could be 90 million years old, according to the Geological Society of Norfolk.
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Tasmanian researchers converting sea urchin waste into fertiliser
Long-spined sea urchins have expanded rapidly along Tasmania's east coast. Image / Supplied Tasmanian researchers are ...
NZ hopes to store carbon in marine ecosystems – but some are so degraded they’re already a source of emissions
Seagrass meadows, mangroves and kelp forests are carbon sinks. Restoring or protecting them addresses both biodiversity loss ...
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Sea otters help kelp forests recover -- but how fast depends on where they are
While working on remote Alaskan islands, he found where sea otters were absent, sea urchin populations mushroomed, overtaking kelp forests. He concluded the small mammal was integral to ...