La Jolla and Point Loma are home to the largest giant kelp forests on the West Coast, but those golden underwater forests are shrinking as ocean temperatures rise. A new study from Scripps Institution ...

The growth form of giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) is composed of shoots known as stipes instead of branches. From one ...

Young kelp forests are returning to Peru after scientists replanted giant seaweed, creating habitat for fish and restoring ...

Giant kelp forests, an icon of the San Diego coastline, are in retreat as a result of climate change– Off the coast, water ...

Giant kelp and bull kelp forests create habitats that support an amazing diversity of sea life, and their floating canopies are a prominent feature at the surface of California coastal waters.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Visitors and divers at the kelp forest habitat at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) The decline of ...

Scripps Oceanography scientists hope the findings will aid efforts to restore kelp and bolster its resilience to changing conditions ...

Struggling kelp forests like those along the California coast show why 'out of sight, out of mind' is not good climate change policy.

Public concern over the total failure of the Moa Point wastewater treatment plant on Wellington's south coast has been growing, despite this week's announcement of an independent review. When the ...