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Warming waters, ocean acidification and giant kelp

"When a marine heat wave hit California’s coast in 2014, it brought ocean temperatures that were high for Northern California but fairly normal for a Southern California summer. Much of the giant kelp in the north died in the heat wave, while southern populations survived. Jordan Hollarsmith was a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow at the UC Davis Bodega Marine Laboratory at the time. She wondered why the same species would respond so differently to similar conditions, and what that might mean for the future of giant kelp under climate change." - Excerpt from UC Davis, learn about her findings here.

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