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kelp

[kelp] / kɛlp /
NOUN
algae
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG


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Whales and sharks breach and hunt in the waters beyond the thick kelp forests that tickle its edges.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 16, 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

It brought major disruption to marine ecosystems: mass die-offs of seabirds, fishery disasters, kelp degradation, whale entanglements, sea lion starvation, fish migration and harmful algal blooms, Amaya said.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 16, 2026

In the morning the earth was quiet once more and a fresh wind that smelled of kelp blew out of the northern sea.

From "Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell

Now, we show the kelps were there, it's just that all the organisms that you expect to be associated with them were not.

From Science Daily Jan. 16, 2024

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

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 8, 2024

The kelps growing there accumulated two times less biomass.

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 Bertha M. Clark




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