Maine
Warming seas devastate vital kelp forests in Gulf of Maine
Temperatures have become too warm in the southern parts of the Gulf of Maine for kelp forests, a foundation for marine life. Much kelp has disappeared and been replaced by red algae.
“I was floored by how dramatically the seaweed communities had changed, and how much warmer coastal waters had become,” said Thew Suskiewicz, one of the study’s authors and a former postdoctoral researcher at Bigelow Laboratory in East Boothbay, Main... [6582 chars]