The Salt Wall Journal - notes on coastal air, minerals and breathing

What the research actually says about sea air, salt aerosols and the Polish graduation towers our walls descend from. No claims we cannot stand behind.

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Atlantic coastline with sea spray in the morning light

Science12 Aug 2026

Why coastal air feels different - and what the research actually shows

Sea air has been prescribed as medicine for two centuries. Modern respiratory research explains why: aerosolised salt, higher humidity and cleaner particulate loads change how the airway behaves.

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Macro photograph of mineral salt crystals on blackthorn brushwood

Science28 Jul 2026

Inside mineralised air: what brine and brushwood actually produce

Magnesium, calcium and potassium do not behave like table salt. A look at what leaves the brushwood, how large the particles are, and why particle size decides everything.

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We publish roughly monthly - installation notes, provenance stories and plain readings of new respiratory research.

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