Sea rewilding

High school (ages 12+)
Environment & Earth

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/sea-rewilding

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the scientific basis?Focuses on restoring foundation species and natural ecological processes
2. What is the ecological engineering?Oyster reefs create habitat, filter water, and provide coastal protection
3. Why do we need to bring back oysters to the ocean?Oysters clean the water by filtering out dirt and extra nutrients. They also build reefs that give fish places to hide, grow, and eat, and they help protect coastlines from waves.
4. How do kelp forests help the planet?Kelp forests are like rainforests underwater. They take in a lot of carbon from the air, which helps slow climate change, and they give food and shelter to many sea animals.

Foundation Species: Species that play a critical role in structuring a community and maintaining ecosystem function.
Eutrophication: The excessive richness of nutrients in a lake or other body of water, frequently due to runoff from the land, which causes a dense growth of plant life and death of animal life from lack of oxygen.
Blue Carbon: Carbon captured and stored in coastal and marine ecosystems, such as mangroves, seagrasses, and salt marshes.