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Scientists Hunt Urchins to Save Kelp

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Imagine a grove of trees you can sail down into, 80 feet tall, filled with wildlife. In the Pacific Ocean, that's called a kelp forest. Southern California has lost vast amounts of these underwater forests. In order to restore kelp in a patch of ocean off the Palos Verdes Peninsula, scientists are taking the fight to prospering sea urchins.

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