Atlas9 min read
Bahía Magdalena: Lagoon Life and Kelp at the Pacific's Edge
Bahía Magdalena on Baja's Pacific coast shelters gray whales in mangrove lagoons — and hides giant kelp at its southern limit on the ocean shore outside.
Dr. Theo Nakamura ·
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7 articles
Atlas9 min read
Magdalena Bay: Kelp at the Edge of the Mangroves
Where the California Current's kelp fringe meets Baja's mangrove lagoons — a meeting of two worlds, winter whales and the southern frontier of giant kelp.
Tom Okafor ·
Blue Carbon8 min read
Mangrove Blue Carbon 101: The Original Coastal Carbon Market
Mangroves built the blue carbon market. How mangrove credits work, why restoration projects fail, and what separates a good project from a bad one.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
Atlas8 min read
Western Port: A Bay of Mangrove, Seagrass and Drift Kelp
Western Port, Victoria's second bay, pairs Australia's southern mangroves with vast seagrass flats, million-strong shorebird migrations and tide-borne kelp.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
Blue Carbon9 min read
Sediment Carbon vs Biomass Carbon: Where the Real Blue Carbon Lives
Most blue carbon sits underwater in soil, not in leaves. Why sediment carbon dominates mangrove and seagrass accounting — and what that means for kelp.
Priya Raman ·
Blue Carbon11 min read
Mangrove, Marsh, Seagrass, Kelp: An Honest Blue-Carbon Comparison
Mangroves, salt marshes, seagrasses and kelp all store coastal carbon — differently. An honest comparison of stocks, rates, permanence, MRV readiness and co-benefits.
Priya Raman ·
Blue Carbon7 min read
What Is Blue Carbon? Mangroves, Seagrasses, Salt Marshes — and the Kelp Question
A plain-language guide to blue carbon ecosystems, why they store carbon so well, where kelp fits (and doesn't), and what the concept means for policy.
Priya Raman ·