Seaweed plays a critical role in the world's underwater ecosystem. Its cultivation and mass production for human consumption is also a major plus.

Seaweed is being reimagined as a plastic substitute, even as cattle feed. But can it thrive in a warming world? Skip to content Skip to site index. Seaweed Is Having Its Moment in the Sun.

Seaweed is piling up on beaches. This robot might be its match : Short Wave A new robot is designed to sink sargassum before the stinky seaweed comes ashore. Blooms of sargassum, a leafy brown ...

Seaweed has long been a staple of many cultures, but the Western diet seems to have forgotten it. Is it a healthy ingredient we should be embracing?

Seaweed pulls carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through photosynthesis, and then a significant amount is sequestered—potentially for millennia—when the plant matter eventually sinks down into ...

Harvesting seaweed responsibly is key to Melissa Hanson, co-founder of Kelpful, which leads foraging adventures for adults and kids near San Luis Obispo, California.. “We talk about [how] this ...

As a crop, seaweed is grown and cultivated in seaweed farms. There, it grows on longlines that are suspended around 4 feet to 8 feet below the surface of the water.

Sargassum seaweed is a problem throughout the Caribbean. But scientists have plans to transform it into a source of renewable energy and other opportunities.

Seaweed farming was first introduced in Kenya in 2008 and has expanded rapidly to cover 20 villages, David Mirera, a scientist at the Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI), said.

Rotten-egg-smelling seaweed is back on Florida beaches. Here are Miami areas most frequently impacted during sargassum season and its health impacts.