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🧊 3D Kelp Forest Trophic Cascade: Sea Otters, Urchin Barrens and a Keystone Removal Experiment

Swim through a Blender-built giant kelp forest where sea otters, urchins, snails and reef fish follow the same food-web model as the 2D lab: remove the otters and watch urchins strip the canopy into a barren, then reintroduce them or sweep the otter mortality to find the tipping point.

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3D Kelp Forest Trophic Cascade: Sea Otters, Urchin Barrens and a Keystone Removal Experiment ↗ Open standalone
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Swim through a Blender-built giant kelp forest where sea otters, urchins, snails and reef fish follow the same food-web model as the 2D lab: remove the otters and watch urchins strip the canopy into a barren, then reintroduce them or sweep the otter mortality to find the tipping point.

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3D · Three.js / WebGL renderer · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install

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