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.
How to plan, fly and process a drone survey over kelp canopy — tides, sun glint, polarisers, ground control — for maps you can compare year after year.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
Fresh kelp is up to 90% water, so drying is where farms win or lose quality. A practical comparison of sun, air, dehydrator, tunnel and freeze drying for seaweed.
Naomi Reyes ·
A practical guide to your first drysuit dives: how buoyancy really differs from a wetsuit, the inversion trap, squeeze, cuff dumps and the training to do before kelp diving.
Tom Okafor ·
The Atlantic Canadian chowder where dried dulse stands in for the sea: the tradition, a proper recipe, and why this red seaweed loves potatoes and cream.
Sofia Andersson ·
Dulse fetches prices kelp farmers dream of — and breaks hearts just as reliably. A realistic guide to Palmaria palmata biology, culture systems and markets.
Naomi Reyes ·
Dulse (Palmaria palmata) grows in land-based tumble tanks, not open sea. Light, nutrients, effluent integration and the economics of controlled red algae.
Naomi Reyes ·
Five weeknight dulse recipes beyond the famous pan-fry — tomato-dulse pasta, fried rice, potato cakes, white beans and scones, with soaking and dosing notes.
Sofia Andersson ·
Dulse commands premium food prices and wild supply is limited. How tank farming works for Palmaria palmata — systems, seeding, stocking, harvesting and markets.
Dr. Elias Brandt ·
Durability is measured in years; permanence is forever. Why the distinction matters for ocean carbon credits, and how to compare tonnes honestly.
Priya Raman ·
The East China Sea around the Zhoushan archipelago: a legendary fishing ground, Yangtze plume ecology, seaweed farming south, and lessons in recovery.
Dr. Lena Fischer ·
A coastal atlas guide to East Lothian: Bass Rock gannets, Firth of Forth estuary water, wolf-fish reefs, and where the kelp grows clear of the bight.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
Ecosystem engineers are species that physically build or remodel habitats — kelp, corals, oysters, beavers. How the concept works and why it guides restoration.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
What marine ecotoxicology careers involve — contaminants, lab and field work, qualifications, employers, pay — and how to enter this vital pollution science.
Dr. Lena Fischer ·
Eden's Twofold Bay holds one of Australia's deepest natural harbours, kelp beds full of weedy seadragons — and the strangest whaling story ever written.
Tom Okafor ·
Environmental DNA lets scientists detect whole ecosystems from a bottle of seawater. Here's what eDNA lab careers look like — the skills, routes and reality.
Dr. Elias Brandt ·
Restored eelgrass can earn verified blue carbon credits. Walk through the real VM0033 methodology and the Virginia case that proved it could be done.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
Eelgrass (Zostera marina) is a true flowering plant whose meadows fringe kelp forests worldwide: biology, wildlife, carbon and how meadows are restored.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
Eisenia arborea, the southern sea palm, is the tree-like kelp of the California–Baja low shore. Profile of its ecology, range shifts and role.
Dr. Theo Nakamura ·
How the ENSO cycle works — trade winds, thermocline tilt, warm pools and global teleconnections — and why the Pacific's mood swings reach every ocean.
Dr. Lena Fischer ·
Where giant kelp fades toward its southern limit, Ensenada's upwelled bay hosts Mexico's only commercial kelp harvest and a coast of science, surf and urchins.
Dr. Lena Fischer ·
ENSO forecasts steer decisions on kelp coasts months ahead. Here's how they're made, how far ahead they're skilled, and what they can't tell you.
Dr. Lena Fischer ·
Beyond the town and the postcards: a coastal atlas guide to Esperance's remote east — Cape Arid, Israelite Bay, the outer Recherche islands and kelp few people ever see.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
Before you kit up, read the water. Learn how swell history, wind, rain and water colour predict dive visibility — and how to check a site in five minutes.
Tom Okafor ·
Estuaries layer fresh water over salt in shifting gradients. How estuarine circulation works, where kelp's brackish limit lies, and why the river–sea edge matters.
Dr. Theo Nakamura ·