Science8 min read
Drift Kelp and Wrack: The Forest's Gift to the Beach
Kelp forests export a share of everything they grow. Here's how drift kelp feeds open water, beach wrack feeds the shore, and why leaving wrack alone matters.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
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5 articles
Science8 min read
Marine Snow and Kelp: The Slow Conveyor of Carbon to the Deep
Kelp forests shed huge amounts of carbon as detritus. How storms, microbes and sticky aggregates turn that debris into marine snow — and where it lands.
Priya Raman ·
Blue Carbon10 min read
Measuring Kelp Carbon Export: The Methods Behind the Numbers
Kelp carbon counts only when it leaves the forest and stays gone. The traps, biomarkers, isotopes and models scientists use to track it into the deep.
Priya Raman ·
Science8 min read
Sediment Traps: Catching Carbon on Its Way Down
How do we measure carbon sinking through ocean? Sediment traps — moored funnels hundreds of metres deep — catch marine snow and tally the export flux.
Dr. Lena Fischer ·
Blue Carbon7 min read
Sediment, Drift or Deep Sea: Where Kelp Carbon Actually Ends Up
Follow kelp carbon from frond to terminus: grazing, decomposition, export, burial, and deep-sea pathways — and the tracing science that reveals the routes.
Priya Raman ·