A world-first project is poised to take root in the North Sea, with the upcoming launch of a seaweed farm nestled amongst offshore wind turbines. This collaboration between North SeaContinue Reading
Floating atop the clear waters of the Caribbean Sea is a massive expanse of around 5,000-mile-wide heap of rust-colored, brambly seaweed called sargassum. When this weed accumulates on beaches and breaksContinue Reading
As more and more people around the world get interested in seaweed farming, India has big plans to boost and upgrade its small-scale production of this underwater plant. Seaweed isContinue Reading
In Iceland, a daring effort to employ seaweed as part of a climate change solution has begun, with millions of basketball-size buoys built of wood and limestone and seeded withContinue Reading
A 10-million-pound blob is riding ocean currents toward Florida’s tip. The Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt, a 5,000-mile-long goopy mass of green, floating seaweed, is meandering its way through Florida andContinue Reading
One of the most potential high-energy and low-cost energy storage devices for the next generation of large-scale applications is sodium-metal batteries (SMBs). Uncontrolled dendrite formation, which penetrates the battery’s separatorContinue Reading
An Australian seaweed, known as asparagopsis, has been approved by regulator for commercial sale for two reasons. The first is that cows adore it. The second: studies suggest that feedingContinue Reading
In 2019, the “dead zones” in the Gulf of Mexico — areas with too little dissolved oxygen in the water to support aquatic life — totaled almost 7,000 square miles.Continue Reading
