Great work by @scuba-timmer.bsky.social et al, resurveying #kelp forest communities. Based on “recently discovered aerial imagery & subtidal quadrat data from 1972, we recreated historical baselines for kelps & associated benthic macroalgae in a global hotspot within the northern Salish Sea….“ 🦑🌊
Matt Bracken
Bull kelp in the northern Salish Sea appears to have collapsed decades earlier than widely recognized. Most of the loss occurred between 1972 and 1984, before the later heat waves that drew wider attention. doi.org/hb64dg
phys.org
New research from the University of Victoria (UVic) has found that some kelp forests around Vancouver Island were disappearing far earlier than scientists previously thought, highlighting that climate change has been altering ecosystems long before most people were aware anything was wrong.
