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Kelp forests are decimated in California; sea star disease is partly at fault

Posted by Evangeline Marzec | California, United States

Kelp forests in California are being devastated by, among many factors, the lack of sea stars due to an unidentified wasting disease. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/04/california-critical-kelp-forests-disappearing-warming-world-can-they-be-saved/#:~:text=In%20California%2C%20kelp%20forests%20shape,stretch%20of%20California's%20north%20coast
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/urchins-devastate-bull-kelp-forest-california
https://marine.ucsc.edu/data-products/sea-star-wasting/