Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Purple sea urchins are wiping out seaweed

Kelp – or seaweed – is crucial to all sorts of life in the ocean, and it’s disappearing fast in California. And so are the fish and sea creatures that depend on it. The culprit: a purple sea urchin.

By Madeleine Brand • Oct 24, 2018 • 1 min read

Kelp – or seaweed – is crucial to all sorts of life in the ocean, and it’s disappearing fast in California. And so are the fish and sea creatures that depend on it. The culprit: a purple sea urchin.

Madeleine Brand
Host, 'Press Play'
Sarah Sweeney
Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW
Michell Eloy
Line Editor, Press Play
Amy Ta
Digital News & Culture Editor
Patrick Krug
marine biologist at California State University, Los Angeles

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Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Purple sea urchins are wiping out seaweed

Kelp – or seaweed – is crucial to all sorts of life in the ocean, and it’s disappearing fast in California. And so are the fish and sea creatures that depend on it. The culprit: a purple sea urchin.

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Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Purple sea urchins are wiping out seaweed

Kelp – or seaweed – is crucial to all sorts of life in the ocean, and it’s disappearing fast in California. And so are the fish and sea creatures that depend on it. The culprit: a purple sea urchin.

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