Atlas10 min read
Cook Strait: Kelp in the Middle of New Zealand
Between New Zealand's two islands, ferocious tides mix subtropical and subantarctic water into kelp reefs of rare variety — Wellington to the Marlborough Sounds.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
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Atlas9 min read
The Faroe Islands: Kelp in the Atlantic's Tidal Heart
Eighteen islands of basalt in one of the world's strongest tidal landscapes, wrapped in kelp. A guide to the Faroes' reefs, races, seabirds and cold-water diving.
Tom Okafor ·
Atlas10 min read
The Iroise Sea: France's Great Kelp Reserve at Finistère
West of Brittany, the Iroise Sea holds Europe's biggest kelp beds under some of its fiercest tides — inside a marine park the working coast helped build.
Dr. Theo Nakamura ·
Atlas8 min read
Saltstraumen: Kelp Forests on the Rim of the World's Strongest Whirlpool
Six hours in, six hours out: how 400 million cubic metres of water roar through Norway's Saltstraumen, why kelp thrives beside the whirlpools, and how to dive it safely.
Dr. Lena Fischer ·
Science9 min read
How Tides Work: The Moon, the Sun and the Twice-Daily Pulse of the Coast
The Moon and Sun raise the sea twice daily, and every coast turns that rise and fall into currents, mixing and zonation. The mechanics, plainly.
Dr. Lena Fischer ·
Atlas11 min read
The Cotentin Coast: Normandy's Tidal Kelp Races
Where the Alderney Race hurls ten knots of tide over granite reefs, Normandy holds some of Europe's fastest-water kelp forests — and a long varech memory.
Dr. Lena Fischer ·