Atlas13 min read
The Bay of Fundy: Kelp Under the Highest Tides on Earth
How the biggest tidal range on Earth reshapes kelp habitat — and where kelp still grips the outer headlands of the Bay of Fundy.
Dr. Lena Fischer ·
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Atlas11 min read
The Channel Islands (UK): Kelp at the Warm Edge of the English Range
Jersey, Guernsey, Sark and Alderney: Europe's wildest tidal range, the ormer fishery, the ancient vraic harvest and Britain's southernmost — and warmest — kelp reefs.
Tom Okafor ·
Atlas8 min read
Gulf of San Matías: Patagonia's Kelp-Fringed Sea Within a Sea
Argentina's Gulf of San Matías is a warmer, tidal sea within the Argentine Sea: giant kelp on volcanic ledges, scallop grounds, octopus divers and sea lion rookeries.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
Science9 min read
King Tides Explained: Perigee, Syzygy and the Highest Water of the Year
King tides are the year's highest tides — astronomy, not weather. How perigee, syzygy and the solstices stack up, and why they preview our coastal future.
Dr. Lena Fischer ·
Science8 min read
How Tides Work: Springs, Neaps and the Shape of the Shore
Tides move more water than all the world's rivers. A clear guide to why the sea rises and falls — moon, sun, spring and neap tides, and what it all means for kelp.
Dr. Lena Fischer ·
Atlas9 min read
Cook Inlet, Alaska: Kelp Beds in the Land of Bore Tides
Cook Inlet is Alaska's great tidal estuary — bore tides, glacial silt, belugas and salmon, with rich cold-water kelp beds in its clear pockets. A Coastal Atlas guide.
Dr. Lena Fischer ·
Atlas9 min read
Kachemak Bay: Where the Tides Race and the Kelp Runs Deep
A Coastal Atlas guide to Alaska's Kachemak Bay — nine-metre tides, famed seaweed diversity, otter-held kelp beds, kelp farms and how to visit from Homer.
Dr. Lena Fischer ·
Science8 min read
Tidal Mixing: How the Everyday Slosh of the Ocean Feeds Coastlines
Tides do more than raise and lower the shore. Where strong tidal currents rub against banks and sills, they stir deep nutrients up — and kelp coasts come alive.
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 ·