@natgeo: An entire ecosystem has vanished without most people ever realizing it was ever there. Marine ecologist and National Geographic Explorer Brian Timmer uncovered evidence that bull kelp forests in the Salish Sea began collapsing long before climate change was widely recognized or discussed. What Timmer and his team found reframes the timeline of ocean warming and raises urgent questions about what else we may already have lost. Read the full story at the 🔗 in bio.