Kelp Forests

Platonia insignis, the sole species of the genus Platonia, is a tree of the family Clusiaceae native to South America in the humid forests of Brazil, Paraguay, parts of Colombia and northeast to Guyana; especially in Amazon Rainforest.

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New fossils suggest kelp forests have swayed in the seas for at least 32 million years

New study shows sea otters helped prevent widespread California kelp forest declines over the past century — kelp forests are more extensive and resilient to climate change where sea otters have reoccupied the California coastline during the last century.

Kelp forests capture nearly 5 million tonnes of CO2 annually

Sea stars able to consume kelp-eating urchins fast enough to protect kelp forests, research shows

The Missing Mammal That May Have Shaped California’s Kelp Forests