{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/64e11b3fcc399200115010f0/6aa85914564171e32a3a33fc?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Daily Episode 241 - And it starts at the bottom","description":"<p>Today we take a look at the bottom of the marine food chain, where new research indicates things aren't looking to great:</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://phys.org/news/2026-09-climate-erase-million-hectares-kelp.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Climate change may erase 25 million hectares of kelp forests by 2050</a></p><p><a href=\"https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3003949\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Seaweed carbon removal cannot keep up with climate-driven loss | PLOS Biology</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-026-03840-1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Projected declines in zooplankton energy supporting Northwest European Shelf ecosystems | Communications Earth &amp; Environment</a></p><p><a href=\"about:blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">s43247-026-03840-1_reference.pdf</a> (PDF)</p>","author_name":"Kory & Kellan"}