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‘Green Gravel’ initiative hopes to seed new kelp forests on Canada’s West Coast

March 4, 2021

Scientists see huge potential of kelp as an ocean-based solution to climate change By scattering handfuls of pebbles, a team of seaweed growers and scientists hopes to make waves in the effort to restore an...

New seaweed hand sanitizer is good for your hands and good for the earth

September 28, 2020

Aquablog, Ocean Wise Seafood

Kelping Hands, a new seaweed-based hand sanitizer, is available from the Vancouver Aquarium’s online store for $14.99. Proceeds support Ocean Wise and the Vancouver Aquarium. In the spring of 2020, as t...

Shedding Light on the Local Kelp Environment

October 19, 2018

Aquablog, Research Initiative - Vulnerable Species and Habitats, Research Site - CORI

When I think about kelp forests the first thing that comes to mind is tall, canopy kelps that form an underwater forest full of fish and invertebrate life. As a research diver, diving in a kelp forest is a trul...

Riding the Kelp Highway

November 10, 2017

Aquablog, Ocean Wise, Vancouver Aquarium

No one knows exactly how people first came to the Americas, but the archaeologist Jon Erlandson thinks that kelp helped them do it. Kelp covers much of the Pacific Rim coastline, supporting a vast ecosystem ...

Seaweed: The Most Sustainable Seafood on the Planet

May 5, 2015

Ocean Wise Seafood

For many Canadians, seaweed is not a common seafood choice. Besides sushi, seaweed and kelp (a type of seaweed) can be difficult to find in local supermarkets or restaurants. Perhaps if more Canadians knew how ...

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