The seas off the West Coast of the United States are thick with giant kelp that grows up to 120 feet tall. Kelp is home to all kinds of sea life, and it’s used in hundreds of everyday products from ice cream to makeup.
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The seas off the West Coast of the United States are thick with giant kelp that grows up to 120 feet tall. Kelp is home to all kinds of sea life, and it’s used in hundreds of everyday products from ice cream to makeup. But today, kelp faces two key man-made threats –contaminants in runoff, and overfishing...
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The seas off the West Coast of the United States are thick with giant kelp that grows up to 120 feet tall. Kelp is home to all kinds of sea life, and it’s used in hundreds of everyday products from ice cream to makeup. But today, kelp faces two key man-made threats –contaminants in runoff, and overfishing...
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