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kelp

[kelp] / kɛlp /
NOUN
algae
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG


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Important marine habitats such as seagrasses and kelp forests are suited to cooler waters and can experience high levels of heat stress when temperatures surge.

From BBC Jul. 7, 2026

Made from recycled plastics and ceramic magnets, it’s designed to mimic a dense kelp forest, which is a natural barrier for sharks.

From The Wall Street Journal May 31, 2026

Others are much larger and multicellular, such as kelp, slime molds, and red algae.

From Science Daily May 7, 2026

As it grows, sugar kelp absorbs nitrogen pollution, improving water quality and providing habitat for marine life.

From BBC Apr. 29, 2026

She loves especially to hear about the dark coasts of South America with their impenetrable walls of trees and offshore breezes full of the stink of rotting kelp and the cries of whelping seals.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

Researchers learned that sessile invertebrates -- those that stay in one place, such as mussels and barnacles -- became more abundant during the study period, while seaweed species like kelps declined.

From Science Daily Jun. 4, 2024

You’ll also encounter a prism of marine plants such as varying kelps.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 8, 2024

Over the course of a year, the team returned to the sites four times to measure the growth of 20 sample kelps.

From Scientific American Nov. 6, 2021

“If we go down to zero kelps, then trying to restore them is a huge amount of work,” she said.

From New York Times Oct. 4, 2021

The kelps are abundant, covering thousands of square miles in the Pacific Ocean, from Mexico to the Arctic Ocean.

From General Science by Clark, Bertha M.




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