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🌿 A unique fact about bull kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana) is that it is one of the fastest-growing organisms on Earth 🌏, capable of growing up to 2 feet (60 cm) per day under optimal conditions! 📸: @underwaterpat.bsky.social#kelp#kelpforest#bullkelp#ocean#oregon#pnw

close up image of the top of a bull kelp gas filled float with the blades swaying above it
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🌿 A new study reveals that kelp thrived off the Northwest Coast over 32 million years ago, long before the emergence of the modern marine mammals, sea urchins, birds, and bivalves that now inhabit these underwater forests. scitechdaily.com/ancient-kelp...#kelp#kelpforest#oregon#marinescience

Ancient Kelp Forests Upend What We Knew About the Ocean
Ancient Kelp Forests Upend What We Knew About the Ocean

New research reveals that the Pacific Coast's kelp forests, rich ecosystems supporting diverse marine life, originated over 32 million years ago, much earlier than previously believed. These ancient k...

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DWdeepwatercomic.bsky.social

Can I promise never to make a title that rhymes ever again? No, because I usually don't know when I do it. "Forest Under the Sea" C. Labrie #art#watercolor#marinelife#kelp#sea#kelpforest

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Jjoeymaier.bsky.social

We hear a lot about coral restoration but #kelpforest restoration projects are starting to become more common. This one is in British Columbia. "The four-year project....with researchers teaming up with British Columbia coastal First Nations to grow kelp in nurseries at Bamfield on Barkley Sound."

Underwater gardeners work to restore B.C.'s majestic kelp forests
Underwater gardeners work to restore B.C.'s majestic kelp forests

They are scientists from the University of Victoria who are trying to regrow kelp forests, a crucial part of the marine habitat, amid threats from heat waves, climate change and voracious sea urchins

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