Most of Northern California’s kelp forest ecosystem is gone, replaced by widespread ‘urchin barrens’
Satellite imagery shows that the area covered by kelp forests off the coast of Northern California has dropped by more than 95%, with just a few small, isolated patches of the bull kelp remaining. Species-rich kelp forests have been replaced by “urchin barrens,” where purple …
Assists sectors such as chemicals, pharmaceuticals and other industries tied to bio-based economies
An engineering innovator has developed a cloud-based platform aimed at mapping inter-industry dependence networks for materials and waste generation among manufacturers in sectors such as chemicals, pharmaceuticals and other industries tied to bio-based …
