The mystery of the giant kelp forest - Luka Seamus Wright and Salomé Buglass
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Like any other plant, kelps require light to grow. Yet kelps found nearly 90 meters below the ocean's surface, where sometimes only 0.1% of sunlight can reach, grow as large as, and often even larger than, their shallow counterparts. So how have these large, light-dependent organisms adapted to thrive at such depths? Luka Seamus Wright and Salomé Buglass explore the ocean's hidden forests.
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Meet The Creators
- Educator
- Luka Seamus Wright, Salomé Buglass
- Director
- Upamanyu Bhattacharyya
- Narrator
- Jack Cutmore-Scott
- Composer
- Salil Bhayani, cAMP Studio
- Sound Designer
- Anthony Nguyen, cAMP Studio
