Cover image: Taylor Griffith Kelp forests are some of the most dynamic and productive ecosystems on the planet, but many people don’t dip below the canopy to find out just how incredible they really are. From record-breaking growth rates to surprising uses spanning food, art, and innovation, here are ten things about kelp you might [...]Read More...| Mission Blue
Cover Image: Victoria Conference Center with artist Josie Iselin’s seaweed banners. Image: Oriana Poindexter. Author: Oriana Poindexter Over 700 delegates from around the world gathered in the beautiful city of Victoria on Vancouver Island last week for the 25th International Seaweed Symposium. This week-long event convened global experts in all the arenas of algae, with [...]Read More...| Mission Blue
Cover Image: Giant kelp forest in California © Taylor Griffith Kelp forests, to those who know and love them, are some of the most majestic places on Earth. But for many others, these magnificent ecosystems remain unknown, out of sight and out of mind beneath the waves. Found along 30% of the world’s coastlines in temperate [...]Read More...| Mission Blue
Starfish are some of the fascinating marine invertebrates found in the world’s oceans; little wonder […]| Backyard Caring