Summary:At one time, kelp forests — which shelter fish, slow erosion, and sequester carbon — grew along a th

At one time, kelp forests — which shelter fish, slow erosion, and sequester carbon — grew along a third of the world’s coastlines. Now, scientists are working to bolster heat-stressed kelp by attacking the urchins that prey on them and transplanting hardier kelp varieties.

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