💙🌿 Protecting Our Coasts: Why Saving Kelp Forests Just Got More Complicated (and Urgent!) Kelp forests are superpowers for our oceans and coastlines: they protect against erosion, create vital habitats, and support coastal economies. But in the Gulf of Maine, they're disappearing, and a new study in Science shows why their return is so challenging. It's not just warming waters. Invasive turf algae are waging "chemical warfare," releasing compounds that kill young kelp and stop recovery dead in its tracks! This means the solution is two-fold: * Stronger climate action to slow warming. * Specific regional efforts to interrupt this chemical sabotage. Let's rally for these critical ecosystems! Their survival directly impacts marine life and our coastal communities. #OceanHealth #CoastalProtection #KelpForests #ClimateChange #ScienceFacts