This article was originally published by Hakai Magazine. Kelp is common along temperate shorelines around the world. For millennia, this large brown algae has been vital to coastal Indigenous peoples.

1 A large number of islands was created when the water table of Lake Hjalmaren, south central Sweden, was lowered between 1882 and 1886. We have complete lists of vascular plant species for 40 of ...

On July 31, 2025, Israeli forces bulldozed the seed‑multiplication unit of the Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC's) seed bank in Hebron. Built from the ground up beginning in 2010, the unit ...