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Albert Pessarrodana
Coverage of Albert Pessarrodana in the Nexus archive.
- Efforts to save kelp forests from ocean warming are ramping up
Kelp forests, critical biodiversity hotspots, are declining rapidly due to ocean warming, pollution, and urchin overpopulation. Tribal volunteers from the Haida Nation in British Columbia are removing purple sea urchins to protect kelp, while scientists highlight kelp's underappreciated potential to sequester carbon, comparable to tropical rainforests.