4 articles
Nitrogen feeds every kelp blade and limits most ocean growth. A plain-language tour of the marine nitrogen cycle — fixation, upwelling, uptake and loss.
Dr. Theo Nakamura ·
Kelp blades can't drink faster than the water next to them allows. How blade-scale turbulence and boundary layers quietly control how fast a whole forest eats.
Dr. Lena Fischer ·
How polar kelp survives months of darkness: the physiology of Arctic forests, light under sea ice, carbohydrate hoarding and the mad sprint of spring.
Dr. Theo Nakamura ·
Every kelp species has a temperature window. Learn the physiology of heat stress, why gametophytes are weakest, and how scientists measure and breed thermal tolerance.
Dr. Lena Fischer ·