A lot of effort, and heavy machinery, goes into making Santa Barbara’s beaches look spiffy. City residents sometimes question the tractors they see removing kelp and debris from city shores. But this ...
It washes up on local shores from the Gulf of Mexico and consists of everything from red drift algae to Portuguese Man 'O War. It's called beach wrack, and it's a normal part of a natural, unmanicured ...
A study published this year found tens of thousands of invertebrate organisms in seaweed debris on Homer area beaches — including on Bishop's Beach, pictured above. (Sabine Poux/KDLL) From above, the ...