UNH Researchers Find Climate Change and Turf Seaweed Causing “Patchy” Seascape

Turf Seaweed
November 13, 2019
DURHAM, N.H. – The effects of climate change are becoming more apparent, from the rapidly warming Gulf of Maine, to more frequent and severe storms and the increase of invasive turf seaweed. Researchers at the University of New Hampshire have found that these environmental developments are contributing to the transformation of the seafloor to a lower, more patchy seascape dominated by shrub-like seaweed which could impact species habitats and the structure of the food web. - Read Full Article

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