Atlas9 min read
County Donegal: Storm Kelp at Ireland's Wild Northwest Corner
Storm kelp, the highest sea cliffs in Europe and a working fishing coast — a guide to County Donegal, the rawest corner of Ireland's Wild Atlantic Way.
Tom Okafor ·
#atlantic-coast
4 articles
Atlas13 min read
Ireland's Wild Atlantic Way: Kelp, Storms and Harvest Memory
Kelp forests of Ireland's Atlantic west — the species beneath the cliffs, two centuries of kelp ash money, and a hand-harvest tradition that never died.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
Encyclopedia9 min read
Sea Spaghetti (Himanthalia elongata): The Atlantic's Eden of Ribbons
Sea spaghetti grows buttons one year and two-metre straps the next. Where thongweed grows, its odd two-stage life, and why it's the forager's best first kelp.
Dr. Theo Nakamura ·
Atlas9 min read
Brittany: Europe's Largest Kelp Forests and the Goémon Coast
Brittany grows the biggest kelp beds in Europe and built an industry on goémon. A guide to the Iroise Sea's Laminaria forests, the harvest and its future.
Dr. Theo Nakamura ·