bull kelp
Britishnoun
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Past marine heat waves have decimated California’s kelp, “with bull kelp habitats declining 90% in Northern California since 2014,” Jaros said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026
Thick forests of brown-green bull kelp wave ribbonlike appendages in ocean currents.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 8, 2023
The last bull kelp bed off Bainbridge Island blinked out in 2017, says Helen Berry, DNR’s nearshore habitat program manager.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 31, 2021
Mr. Smith identified the bare rocks as icebergs, the wavy tresses as brown strands of bull kelp and the deep-diving animal as a sea lion or walrus.
From New York Times ● Jul. 2, 2021
Our men usually hunted them with a strong net made of bull kelp, which they threw over an animal while it slept.
From "Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell
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