After purple urchins helped nearly wipe out 96% of California's iconic underwater bull kelp forests over a six-year span, biologists say they are seeing promising signs that efforts to save them may be helping.
    • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      10 months ago

      I mean, this is lemmy.

      But also, yeah, I didn’t realize they were actually so pervasive that they’ve destroyed 96% of the kelp forests in that area.

      • MorrisonMotel6@lemm.eeEnglish
        3·
        10 months ago

        And they are also eating them, but specify these urchins specifically have less roe and other edible parts, so they are basically more trouble than they’re worth to eat