6 articles
Kelp survives storm forces that would snap rigid structures. The biomechanics of the holdfast, flexible stipes and drag-reducing blades — nature's offshore engineering.
Dr. Theo Nakamura ·
Kelp endures waves that would snap a rigid mast by going with the flow. The biomechanics of flexibility, reconfiguration and drag trade-offs in storm survival.
Dr. Theo Nakamura ·
Storms tear kelp forests apart — and keep them young. How wave forces damage kelp, why disturbance is essential to forest health, and what a stormier future means.
Dr. Lena Fischer ·
Waves bend toward shallow water, which concentrates energy on headlands and spreads it in bays. How refraction shapes reefs, kelp forests and coastlines.
Dr. Lena Fischer ·
How coastal engineers evaluate kelp forests as wave protection — transmission, per-metre damping, storm-survival limits, and where living breakwaters genuinely fit.
Dr. Lena Fischer ·
Kelp canopies act like flexible breakwaters, dragging energy out of waves and currents. Here's the physics — and how much coastal protection forests really give.
Dr. Lena Fischer ·