Can we eat our way through an exploding sea urchin problem?
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Longspined sea urchins are native to temperate waters around New South Wales. But as oceans heat up, their range has expanded more than 650km, through eastern Victoria and south to Tasmania. Their numbers are exploding in the process, clear-felling kelp forests and leaving “urchin barrens” behind. The species (Centrostephanus rodgersii) is
Zonia Haslett
November 5, 2023