Giant kelp is the world’s largest algae, capable of growing dozens of meters long. Because of climate change and overharvesting, their populations have been in decline around the world, with the exception of the forests in Chile. hakaimagazine.com/news/chiles-ke… hakaimagazine.com/news/chiles-co…

It’s Halloween season in the kelp forest too! Sometimes, seeing giant kelp silently emerge from the murk as you swim past can be a bit spooky 👻

USC Nuzhdin Lab Kelp Team is domesticating Macrocystis pyrifera (giant kelp) as feedstock for biofuel #OExch21 #collegiate

There's still time to register for Oregon Sea Grant's #StateOfTheCoast conference, which takes place online Oct. 28-29. Register at bit.ly/2lVukAF. In one of the sessions, you'll hear members of ORKA talk about their work addressing challenges facing kelp.

Some awesome shots of our #kelprestoration site featured in ⁦The Seattle Times⁩ today! ⁦@hilaryhayford⁩ ⁦PSRF⁩. Exciting to see coverage of the #kelpexpedition , thanks ⁦Sandi Doughton⁩ ! seattletimes.com/pacific-nw-mag…

The nonprofit Native Conservancy has started a program to empower and equip young Indigenous people with the resources and training to start their own kelp farms. buff.ly/3xiGnIV

Happy #PhycologyFriday. We are very happy to announce that our book "Subantartic Macroalgae Guide" with 60 common species from southern Chile has been just published. Free to download🙌. Of course there is a Macrocystis photo on it 😉 (see here and the back cover)