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Reef Check California Kelp Restoration Coordinator Morgan Murphy-Cannella was recently featured on the @npr science podcast “Short Wave” where she discussed Reef Check’s Kelp Restoration efforts in Northern California! Click here to give it a listen. npr.org/2021/03/25/981…

Baby kelp coming in strong! Reef Check staff Ian and Morgan found bull kelp growing in at a survey site off the Mendocino coast. Northern California has lost much of its kelp, but this patch is holding out strong with a fresh crop of spring babies! 📷🙏: Morgan Murphy-Cannella

California recerts are on! Our amazing volunteers are ready to survey it up this season!

Coral mortality after bleaching is associated w/ heatwaves AND local conditions, including macroalgae, suggesting action at all levels is necessary for coral survival, see our new study in Science Magazine using a global dataset collected by Reef Check science.sciencemag.org/content/372/65…

How do we keep the ocean from taking our underwater sensors? By bolting them to the reef! Here SoCal Manager Selena McMillan uses a submersible drill to install a benthic mooring for our sensor. Collecting undersea data is no easy task! 📷: Rob McClelland, Selena McMillan

Our California divers are hard at work getting certified! Last weekend in NorCal, our salty crew trained a team of Reef Checkers at Van Damme SP. These troopers toughed it out even as the visibility fizzled to a few murky feet. Way to go citizen scientists! 📷: Tristin McHugh

Did you know we also monitor ocean temperatures at our California survey sites? 🌊🌡️ Our CenCal Volunteer Coordinator Maxwell Seale recently retrieved this happy little logger from Carmel River! These sensors collect data on temperature to monitor climate change in kelp forests.

A kelp restoration effort is underway along the Oregon Coast. Oregon Sea Grant is supporting this initiative led by the ORKA (ORKA). Dan Abbott of Reef Check & Tom Calvanese of ORKA discuss kelp restoration projects in CA & OR: bit.ly/3wzs68X

In need of a new mug to chug coffee between surveys? SeaTrees is donating $5 to the Tanker's Reef restoration project we monitor for every Ocean Positive camp mug sold! Thanks Sea Trees for the support! sea-trees.org/products/ocean…

The worry is that even as the kelp starts coming back naturally, the urchin will find a way to devour it. trib.al/BfyWLgt

URGENT HELP NEEDED! We are planning to survey the sites impacted by the Orange County oil spill to assess effects on kelp forests. We need your help to gather information to help these reefs recover from the spill’s impacts. Please make a donation today. facebook.com/donate/5111184…