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
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
Amazon is emerging as the new poster boy for sustainable business practices since it is a significant user of renewable energy and is encouraging measures to cut global emissions throughContinue 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
The U.S. Department of Energy is investing in a novel source of future renewable energy in the form of seaweed. That’s right — seaweed energy. The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports that the DOE isContinue Reading
