"Kelp forests cover some 2.8 million square miles, more area than the Amazon rain forest, and generate some $500 billion a year in value."
phys.org/news/2026-02... #blueeconomy #blueplanet #complexecosystem #helpourkelp #kelp #kelpforest #lifesource #marineheatwaves #oceanwarming #threatened
🎬 Saved the best for last? @sarahcunliffe.bsky.social presents @Big Wave Productions LTD & BBC film ‘Our Sea Forest’ to wrap up the day's presentations at
#KelpSummit2025
#SKRP #Kelp #HelpOurKelp #sussex_ifca #sussexwildlifetrust #bigwavetv #sussexunderwater #OurSeaForest #BBC
@bigwavetv
🌊 The #KelpSummit2025 welcomes Lewis White from @sussexbay.bsky.social to present on levels of ocean literacy in Sussex.
#KelpSummit2025 #SKRP #Kelp #HelpOurKelp #SussexKelp #AttenboroughCentre #sussex_ifca #zsl #sussexwildlifetrust #adurandworthingcouncils #universityofsussex #oceanliteracy
🤿 Eric Smith & Catrine Priestley founders of Sussex Underwater provide a ‘Window beneath the waves’ at #KelpSummit2025.
#HelpOurKelp #SussexKelp #sussex_ifca #bluemarinefoundation #sussexwildlifetrust #adurandworthingcouncils #bigwavetv #sussexunderwater #universityofsussex #windowbeneaththewaves
#KelpSummit 2025 welcomes PhD student, @Madison Bowden-Parry at @University of Exeter presenting on past perspectives of Sussex kelp.
#KelpSummit2025 #SKRP #Kelp #HelpOurKelp #SussexKelp #AttenboroughCentre #sussex_ifca #zsl #qmul #ucl #sussexunderwater #historicalkelp #universityofexeter
🪸 Up next at #KelpSummit2025, Charlotte Johnson shares Natural England’s work on the marine restoration potential of kelp habitats.
#SKRP #Kelp #HelpOurKelp #SussexKelp #AttenboroughCentre #sussex_ifca #zsl #qmul #universityofbrighton #bluemarinefoundation #sussexwildlifetrust
🦀 Presenting next at #KelpSummit2025 is @embulled.bsky.social from @bluemarinef.bsky.social working with fisherman to assess crab and lobster population in Sussex waters.
#KelpSummit2025 #HelpOurKelp #SussexKelp #AttenboroughCentre #sussex_ifca #zsl #bluemarinefoundation #sussexwildlifetrust
🧪 The #KelpSummit2025 welcomes PhD student Alice Clark at @sussex.ac.uk to give an update of Biodiversity beyond the byelaw using environmental DNA and Baited Remote Underwater Video Systems (BRUVS).
#Kelp #HelpOurKelp #SussexKelp #AttenboroughCentre #sussex_ifca #zsl #qmul #universityofsussex
🔬 Next up on the stage at #KelpSummit2025 is Dr Chris Yesson from @zslofficial.bsky.social to give an overview of @sussexkelp.bsky.social research and monitoring program.
#SKRP #Kelp #HelpOurKelp #SussexKelp #AttenboroughCentre #sussex_ifca #zsl #qmul #bluemarinefoundation #sussexwildlifetrust
🐟 George Short @sussexwildlife.bsky.social introduces @sussexkelp.bsky.social, the UK’s largest marine rewilding initiative at #KelpSummit2025.
#SKRP #Kelp #HelpOurKelp #SussexKelp #AttenboroughCentre #sussex_ifca #zsl #qmul #bluemarinefoundation #sussexwildlifetrust #bigwavetv #universityofsussex
Speaking now at #KelpSummit2025 is Dr George Balchin @Sussex IFCA presents on the pioneering Sussex Nearshore Trawling Byelaw.
#SKRP #Kelp #HelpOurKelp #SussexKelp #AttenboroughCentre #sussex_ifca #zsl #qmul #bluemarinefoundation #sussexwildlifetrust #bigwavetv #sussexunderwater
🌿 Taking to the stage now at #KelpSummit2025 is @pippajmoore.bsky.social from @newcastleuni.bsky.social presenting on the state of UK kelp and giving evidence of natural kelp recovery.
#SKRP #Kelp #HelpOurKelp #SussexKelp #AttenboroughCentre #zsl #qmul #bluemarinefoundation #newcastleuniversity
🌏 Up next at #KelpSummit2025, Aaron Eger, founder of @kelp-forests.bsky.social presents on state of global kelp forests.
#SKRP #Kelp #HelpOurKelp #SussexKelp #AttenboroughCentre #kelpforestalliance #sussex_ifca #zsl #qmul #bluemarinefoundation #sussexwildlifetrust #adurandworthingcouncils
And we’re off!
🌊 @henribrocklebank.bsky.social, Director of Conservation at @sussexwildlife.bsky.social and Chair of Sussex Kelp Recovery Project welcomes attendees to #KelpSummit2025
#SKRP #Kelp #HelpOurKelp #SussexKelp #AttenboroughCentre #sussexwildlifetrust
🌏 And the final researcher from the Sussex Kelp Recovery Project sharing their work at the #KelpSummit2025...
🐟 Marianne Glascott, Doctoral Researcher @sussex.ac.uk
#sussexwildlifetrust #sussex_ifca #zsl #universityofsussex #kelp #sussexkelp #sussexkelprecoveryproject #KelpSummit2025 #HelpOurKelp
🌏 Next up on our list of SKRP researchers presenting at #KelpSummit2025:
🪸 Madi Bowden-Parry, Doctoral Researcher at the University of Exeter🪸
#sussexwildlifetrust #sussex_ifca #zsl #bluemarinefoundation #kelp #sussexkelp #sussexkelprecoveryproject #KelpSummit2025 #HelpOurKelp #uniofexeter