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Kelp Losing Their Grip on the Seafloor

Potent storms and pesky predators—as well as climate change—are altering the dynamics of these underwater forests.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Mike Taylor, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Caption by Laura Rocchio, with Mike Carlowicz.

Published January 20, 2015
Data acquired September 19, 1999 - March 29, 2014

Sources:
Landsat 5 > TM
Landsat 8 > OLI