No one yet knows how sea life will respond to polluted runoff from the L.A. fires. Kelp may be one of the first species to tell us.

When divers descended off Malibu, they found the first 3 feet of water choked with dirt and soot. @corinnepurtill.bsky.social https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2025-03-02/like-someone-put-a-blanket-on-the-sea-researchers-race-to-save-kelp-threatened-by-fires