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4 stories on The Good Press tagged with this topic.

World's Largest Electric Ferry Carries 2,100 People

The 130-meter China Zorrilla has entered commercial service between Argentina and Uruguay, proving a battery-electric ship can carry thousands of passengers across open water on a single charge.

Science

Tasmania Replants Giant Kelp Lost Since the 1970s

Divers are hand-planting hatchery-grown giant kelp off Tasmania's coast, using a technique that can regrow a lost underwater forest within a single year.

Science

Divers Hand-Plant Kelp to Regrow Tasmania's Forests

After losing most of its underwater forests since the 1940s, Tasmania is training live-in diver interns to hand-plant giant kelp spores back onto the reef.

Science

Tasmania Has Lost 95% of Its Kelp — Divers Fix It

Warming seas and invasive sea urchins wiped out most of Tasmania's giant kelp forests. Now divers are hand-planting nursery-grown kelp to bring them back.