In the past decade, a warming anomaly caused a plague that killed off 99% of the Sunflower Sea Stars, a top predator of sea urchins. The runaway sea urchin popu

In the past decade, a warming anomaly caused a plague that killed off 99% of the Sunflower Sea Stars, a top predator of sea urchins. The runaway sea urchin population resulted in the rapid and sustained loss of >100,000 square km of Kelp forests off the coast of California. Kelp does an amazing job of sequestering carbon to the deep sea. For instance, estimates show that the lost Kelp forests provide close to $1.5B per year in carbon sequestration services (at $5/ton). I’m trying to help my friend raise money for her organization that is trying to bring the kelp forests back through the repopulation of the giant sea stars. Any ideas? https://www.sunflowerstarlab.org/ https://www.sunflowerstarlab.org/ Personally, I want to develop a viable vision around “AI for ecological wellbeing.”