On a recent plunge into Monterey Bay, Dr. Anita Giraldo Ospina noticed the water was oddly warm.
“It definitely feels comfortable, let’s put it that way,” said Giraldo Ospina, principal investigator of coastal ecosystems at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
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She’s part of ongoing research projects into how kelp species are repopulating the area. She collects kelp spores and tiny baby urchin from glass slides and rectangular broom heads anchored to the seafloor and stores them in plastic bags.
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