Knowledge Hub

Knowledge Hub

This Knowledge Hub brings together useful documents and resources from across the global community who are working to protect and restore kelp forests. Here we provide some of our favorites in the hopes that they will help you in your work.

We have also created a Kelp Restoration Guidebook which chronicles the lessons we've learned from kelp restoration projects undertaken around the world.

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Local adaptation of juvenile giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera, from their southern limit in the northern hemisphere explored using reciprocal transplantation

Published:

7th Mar 2022

Author:

Lydia B. Ladah
The Pacific coast of the Baja California peninsula (Mexico) is a unique biogeographic transition zone, where many kelp species encounter...

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Can selective breeding of ‘super kelp’ save our cold water reefs from hotter seas?

Published:

19th Nov 2021

Author:

Cayne Layton
Can we breed kelp and other keystone species to survive warming and marine heatwaves? These techniques have promise – but...

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Tasmania’s giant underwater kelp forests have almost vanished, but science offers a glimmer of hope

Published:

24th Jun 2021

Author:

ABC News
Heat tolerant giant kelp are flourishing at trial sites along the east coast of Tasmania, raising hopes that the world’s...

Article

Australia marine hotspots found to store 2bn tonnes of ‘blue carbon’ | Living

Published:

3rd Mar 2021

Author:

Maeve Campbell
Three UNESCO World Heritage sites can store billions of CO2 in carbon sinks, according to a new report.

Article

Lending a Kelping Hand in Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary

Published:

28th Sep 2020
In recent years, NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, the Greater Farallones Association, and Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary have...

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North Coast Kelp Forest Restoration Project shows early evidence of success

Published:

26th Sep 2020

Author:

Contributed
One month since its launch, an unprecedented partnership for kelp restoration on California’s North Coast is demonstrating early evidence of...

Article

Market Intellica

Published:

25th Sep 2020
We provide an actionable data driven global market research reports that are tailor made for the business investment decisions.

Article

Kelp Market: Global Industry Trend Analysis 2012 to 2017 and Forecast 2017 - 2025

Published:

25th Sep 2020
Kelp is a type of seaweed or algae that grow in shallow, nutrient-rich saltwater, and near coastal fronts.

Article

Seaweed Extract Market- Competitive Analysis, Opportunity & Forecast, 2027

Published:

25th Sep 2020
Global Seaweed Extract Market, By Form [Powder, Liquid, Flakes], By Type [Red, Green, Brown Algae], By Application [Agriculture, Feed, Pharmaceuticals,...

Article

The echinoderm cowboys who can help Norway’s kelp

Published:

24th Sep 2020

Author:

Bonnie Waycott
Urchinomics is opening its first land-based sea urchin ranch in Norway, in a project that could both improve marine habitats...

Article

Australia’s forgotten other ‘Great Reef’

Published:

23rd Sep 2020

Author:

Sarah Reid
The Great Southern Reef might not be as well-known as the Great Barrier Reef, but Australia’s “other” reef is brimming...

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Seaweed: the New Kale? | City Market / Onion River Co-op

Published:

22nd Sep 2020
Look up “Food Trends in 2016” on the internet and I can guarantee you’ll see something on almost every list...

Article

My Octopus Teacher | Netflix

Published:

7th Sep 2020
A filmmaker forges an unusual friendship with an octopus living in a South African kelp forest, learning as the animal...

Article

A Taste of the Sea

Published:

2nd Sep 2020

Author:

The Argonaut
Nature documentary 'The Delicacy’ dives into humankind’s obsession with sea urchin uni

Article

Global Kelp Product Market 2020: Key Stakeholders, Subcomponent Manufacturers, Industry Association 2026 - Galus Australis

Published:

20th Jul 2020

Author:

david
MarketsandResearch.biz presents a new market report namely Global Kelp Product Market 2020 by Manufacturers, Regions, Type and Application, Forecast to 2026 aims...

Article

What Kelp Forests Can Do for the Climate

Published:

1st Jul 2020

Author:

Breanna Draxler
Cultivating algae empowers coastal communities while storing CO2 deep underwater.

Article

Palos Verdes Reef Restoration Project Now Underway

Published:

1st Jun 2020

Author:

BD Staff
Construction of the long-awaited Palos Verdes Reef Restoration Project is now underway off of Southern California’s Palos Verdes peninsula.

Article

5 Reasons to Protect Kelp, the West Coast’s Powerhouse Marine Algae

Published:

27th May 2020

Author:

: Jennifer Browning & Gillian Lyons
The kelp forest is one of the most productive ocean ecosystems on Earth, supporting a greater diversity of plants and...

Article

‘I’m not a quitter’: lobstermen turn to kelp farming in the face of climate crisis

Published:

19th May 2020

Author:

Gabriella Gershenson
Climate breakdown is causing the Gulf of Maine to heat up and that effect – in addition to the pandemic...

Article

Help me kelp you, ARC grant supports kelp restoration project

Published:

12th May 2020
This project uses a new technique of kelp forest restoration: ‘green gravel’. In this innovative approach, lab-reared kelp are seeded...

Article

California’s critical kelp forests are disappearing in a warming world. Can they be saved?

Published:

30th Apr 2020

Author:

Gif by Maurice Roper
The “sequoias of the sea” suck up carbon and shelter special species. They’ve been hit hard, but scientists, surfers, and...

Article

Scotland’s Seaweed Showdown

Published:

17th Mar 2020

Author:

Hakai Magazine
It’s locals versus industry in the country’s kelp wars.

Article

Rec Fishers find endangered kelp

Published:

17th Mar 2020

Author:

Mirage News
In a major win for fish and the environment new sightings of endangered Giant Kelp have been reported by recreational...

Article

Protecting redundancy in the food web helps ensure ecological resilience

Published:

12th Feb 2020
In 2014, a disease of epidemic proportions gripped the West Coast of the US. You may not have noticed, though,...

Article

Why sushi could be the solution to a sea urchin invasion

Published:

3rd Feb 2020

Author:

Patrick Greenfield
The ravenous creatures are destroying vast swaths of kelp forests, which are crucial for carbon storage. Is the answer staring...

Article

Restoring Harmony in Haida Gwaii

Published:

3rd Jan 2020

Author:

Ayu Sutriasa
A collaboration between Indigenous tradition and Western science may offer a way to bolster both Haida culture and the marine...

Article

Restore or Redefine: Future Trajectories for Restoration

Published:

3rd Dec 2019

Author:

Brian Silliman
Global habitat deterioration of marine ecosystems has led to a need for active interventions to halt or reverse the loss...

Article

Seaweed researchers plant kelp tolerant of warmer waters

Published:

11th Nov 2019
Marine scientists are planting tiny spores of giant kelp in southern Tasmania to re-grow the famous underwater forests and ‘suck...

Article

GreenWave Connects Land & Sea with Innovative Seaweed Model

Published:

13th May 2019

Author:

Sabrina Endicott
GreenWave restores oceans across the globe by creating replicable reefs, training new generations of farmers, and developing markets for seaweed.

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California’s Underwater Forests Are Being Eaten by the ‘Cockroaches of the Ocean’

Published:

23rd Oct 2018

Author:

Kendra Pierre-Louis
Climate change is ravaging California’s underwater kelp forests. That’s caused what one scientist called a “perfect storm” in the ecosystem.