10 years of effort pay off as seaweed forest is restored to health

Jun 21, 2023

A new study shows that a decade of restoration efforts has helped a damaged underwater seaweed forest regrow to a level of richness and vitality comparable to forests that have never been disturbed. Image: Pexels/Alexey Demidov

Angharad Brewer Gillham

Writer, Frontiers science

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