Marine kelp forests cover 1/3 of our world's coastlines, are heralded as a nature-based
solution to address socio-environmental issues, connect hundreds of millions of people with …

Ocean and coastal ecosystems support life on Earth and many aspects of human well-being.
Covering two-thirds of the planet, the ocean hosts vast biodiversity and modulates the global …

Global seaweed aquaculture production has more than tripled since 2002 and is dominated
by Asian countries with farming operations that typically occur in relatively wave‐protected …

Observed changes and impacts Ongoing climate trends have exacerbated many extreme
events (very high confidence). The Australian trends include further warming and sea level …

Marine heatwaves (MHW) are becoming stronger and more frequent across the globe.
MHWs affect the thermal physiology of all biological organisms, but wider ecosystem effects …

Giant kelp and bull kelp forests are increasingly at risk from marine heatwave events,
herbivore outbreaks, and the loss or alterations in the behavior of key herbivore predators …

The paradigm of past climate-driven range shifts structuring the distribution of marine
intraspecific biodiversity lacks replication in biological models exposed to comparable …

Introduction To counteract the rapid loss of marine forests globally and meet international
commitments of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration and the Convention on …

Aim Ecologists traditionally study how contemporary local processes, such as biological
interactions and physical stressors, affect the distribution and abundance of organisms. By …

Advancements in space-based ocean observation and computational data processing
techniques have demonstrated transformative value for managing living resources …