For our annual Green Issue, we’re looking into all things eco. First, there’s green burial in the works in our county. We’ve also got updates on the Earth flag legal conundrum and Measure S. Finally, we’re looking into Sunken Seaweed’s quest to help reestablish bull kelp and grow sustainable seaweed for consumers, too. Hit subscribe […]
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Sunken Seaweed’s Dual Mission
While at then Humboldt State University, Torre Polizzi and Leslie Booher were part of a team surveying seaweed along the North Coast, documenting the mass die offs of sea stars and kelp. “That was pretty painful to witness,” says Polizzi. The kelp, on which endangered abalone depend, are still being devoured by starving purple urchins, […]