The Tidewright Journal
Encyclopedia entries, coastal atlas guides, science explainers, farming know-how and recipes — written by Tidewright’s scientists, engineers, chefs and field crews, and open to everyone.
Build shabu-shabu on a proper kombu dashi and the broth does half the cooking. Ingredients, timing, dipping sauces — plus what to do with the spent kombu.
Sofia Andersson ·
A seaweed farm's real crop is moving water. How to orient lines, set spacing and use depth so current, light and harvest access all work in your favour.
Naomi Reyes ·
The legal landscape for ocean carbon claims: where greenwashing exposure comes from, how regulators and courts are acting, and how to reduce risk.
Priya Raman ·
A complete pre-dive briefing framework for kelp forests — the headings that matter, kelp-specific hazards, and the minutiae that make briefings real.
Tom Okafor ·
Make kelp salt at home from dried sugar kelp or kombu — drying, milling, the right ratio, and where this quietly powerful seasoning transforms everyday cooking.
Sofia Andersson ·
Orkney and Shetland hold Britain's most exposed kelp forests: tide-scoured channels, otter-rich shores and the sunken fleet of Scapa Flow. A coastal atlas guide.
Jack Callum ·
Cold water drinks CO2, and the overturning circulation locks it away for centuries. How the ocean's solubility carbon pump works — and what it costs.
Dr. Lena Fischer ·
A routine survey sweep off Tasmania's northeast turned into the discovery of the season: wild giant kelp recruiting on a reef the charts had written off.
Jack Callum ·
Pacific herring turn quiet kelp beds into a silver-and-turquoise spectacle each year. Learn how kelp forests host the spawn that feeds a coast.
Tom Okafor ·
Marine research stations need skippers, technicians, cooks and managers as much as scientists. Here's what the jobs are, what they pay and how to get one.
Jack Callum ·
Why is the sea salty, why is some sea fresher than the rest, and why does salt settle into layers? The ocean's salt budget and haloclines, explained.
Dr. Lena Fischer ·
The sailfin sculpin is a banded-eye, flag-finned reef fish of the North Pacific — famous for the courtship wave of its tall sail-like first dorsal fin.
Dr. Theo Nakamura ·
The Arctic's first bloom happens in the dark, inside the sea ice. How sympagic algae prime the polar food web — and why thinning ice changes it all.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
How seaweed farmers turn a wet, perishable harvest into a brand buyers trust — positioning, channels, storytelling and pricing that actually holds.
Naomi Reyes ·
A cold sesame-dressed kelp noodle salad with cucumber, carrot and herbs — how to fix kelp noodle crunch, balance the dressing, and make it ahead.
Sofia Andersson ·
Tides do more than raise and lower the shore. Where strong tidal currents rub against banks and sills, they stir deep nutrients up — and kelp coasts come alive.
Dr. Lena Fischer ·
How economists put a value on kelp forests — the methods, the ranges, the honest caveats, and how valuation actually changes coastal decisions.
Priya Raman ·
Boat charters reach wilder kelp with less sweat; shore diving is cheap, free and trains you faster. How to choose for your skill, budget and coastline.
Tom Okafor ·
Learn the main culinary seaweeds — kombu, wakame, nori, dulse and more — what each tastes like, how to buy it, and which pot or pan it belongs in.
Sofia Andersson ·
A newly seeded kelp bed meets its first storm season. Notes on depth, spacing and which lines came through the winter with their heads up.
Jack Callum ·
Northern elephant seals dive farther than almost any mammal and came back from near-extinction. Learn their biology, haul-outs and recovery story.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
Six hours in, six hours out: how 400 million cubic metres of water roar through Norway's Saltstraumen, why kelp thrives beside the whirlpools, and how to dive it safely.
Dr. Lena Fischer ·
If two parties claim the same tonne of carbon, the atmosphere loses. Here is what double counting is, why Article 6 exists, and what buyers should check.
Priya Raman ·
Marine heatwaves are ranked Categories I–IV like cyclones — but the scale measures a temperature anomaly, not wind. Here's how the Hobday system works and how to read it.
Dr. Lena Fischer ·