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Do Kelp Forests Make the Oxygen We Breathe? What the Budget Says
A little, briefly, and mostly repaid by dusk. The honest math of kelp's oxygen, the atmosphere's vast bank, and why the air won't notice.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
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A little, briefly, and mostly repaid by dusk. The honest math of kelp's oxygen, the atmosphere's vast bank, and why the air won't notice.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·

Kelp forests photosynthesise hard — but how much oxygen do they actually produce, where does it go, and is the 'lungs of the ocean' slogan honest science?
Dr. Theo Nakamura ·