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Seaweed Forests Produce Calm Waters

Waves play an important role in coastal ecology and can contribute to shoreline erosion. Giant kelp, such as Macrocystis pyrifera, strongly interact with surface gravity waves, which are the typical sea swells we think of in ocean waters. Scientists have wondered to what extent this common macroalgae can damp waves and therefore prevent coastal erosion. To answer this question, Elsmore et al.…