
The Murman Coast: Kelp Forests on Russia's Ice-Free Arctic Shore
A Coastal Atlas guide to Russia's Murman Coast, the ice-free Arctic shore warmed by the Gulf Stream, where kelp forests grow far past the polar circle.
Dr. Lena Fischer ·
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A Coastal Atlas guide to Russia's Murman Coast, the ice-free Arctic shore warmed by the Gulf Stream, where kelp forests grow far past the polar circle.
Dr. Lena Fischer ·
Sea ice, tides and working coasts shape the Gulf of St Lawrence's kelp beds — from the Magdalen Islands to Gaspé and the Mingan shore.
Dr. Theo Nakamura ·
Sieve kelp (Agarum clathratum) wears a blade full of holes nobody has fully explained — biology of this Arctic kelp and the riddle of the holes.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
In Iceland's Westfjords, cold Greenland water meets the Atlantic and kelp forests thrive under seabird cliffs. A guide to the country's wildest fjord coasts.
Dr. Elias Brandt ·
A guide to Newfoundland's kelp forests — sugar kelp reefs in ice-cold Atlantic water, urchin barrens, the cod collapse's shadow, and what recovery looks like.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
Sugar kelp is the sweet-tasting cold-water kelp that farmers love. Explore its biology, range, life cycle and why it anchors a new wave of ocean farming.
Dr. Theo Nakamura ·