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kelp

[kelp] / kɛlp /
NOUN
algae
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG


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The varieties from Pemaquid Oyster Company started with a salty brine that teed up an oceanic kick of kelp.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 29, 2026

Past marine heat waves have decimated California’s kelp, “with bull kelp habitats declining 90% in Northern California since 2014,” Jaros said.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 15, 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

It lay in a bed of bull kelp and I would have paddled by if Rontu had not barked.

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

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 Bertha M. Clark




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