Atlas6 min read
The Chatham Islands: Bull Kelp in the Roaring Forties
800 km east of New Zealand, the Chatham Islands sit in the Roaring Forties: southern bull kelp, rock lobster, Moriori heritage and the Chatham Rise.
Tom Okafor ·
#marine-life
6 articles
Explore8 min read
A Wildlife Calendar for Kelp Forests: What Moves In When
Kelp forests run on seasons: herring spawn on blades in spring, garibaldi garden in summer, storms reseed annual kelps in winter. A diver's phenology, by season.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
Science10 min read
Oxygen Minimum Zones Explained: The Ocean's Midwater Low-Oxygen Layers
What oxygen minimum zones are, where they form, how they shape the largest daily migration on Earth, and why warming is pushing them wider and shallower.
Dr. Lena Fischer ·
Explore9 min read
The Beginner's Guide to Kelp Forest Diving
Your first kelp forest dive is easier — and more magical — than you think. Gear, skills, marine life and etiquette for new divers entering the green cathedral.
Tom Okafor ·
Atlas9 min read
The Cape Peninsula: Kelp Forests at the Edge of Africa
Guide to the Cape Peninsula's kelp forests: two oceans, sea bamboo, seals and sharks, freediving culture, and how a warming world is shifting the reefs.
Tom Okafor ·
Atlas7 min read
Point Reyes: Where Upwelling Feeds a Forest
A Coastal Atlas guide to Point Reyes: California's upwelling engine, fog-fed kelp, elephant seals and grey whales, and how wind builds a food web.
Dr. Lena Fischer ·