Business & Labor
Wave energy making progress in powering blue economy, but won’t electrify your home anytime soon
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California hopes to put wave and tidal devices into the water soon. Oregon will host world class wave energy testing site
Bull Kelp
Purple urchin has overrun kelp forests, commercial divers and conservationists have have joined forces to restore the North Coast’s marine ecosystem
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The North Coast has lost more than 90% of it’s bull kelp from the ocean due to climate change and the massive influx of purple urchin. Last Tuesday, kelp restoration efforts got underway when nonprofit Reef Check sent down two divers to collect as many purple urchin as they could from the ocean floor.
