A diver swims beneath a mass of seaweed. Stretching some 5,000 miles across, the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt can be an oasis for sea creatures—but a smelly nuisance for beachgoers through ...

From Lombok east to Sumba, many seaweed farming and processing operations are scaling up production, and increasing income and job stability for women in particular. Seaweed production in Indonesia is ...

Credit: FAU Harbor Branch Close-up of of the green seaweed, Caulerpa prolifera, in Florida's Indian River Lagoon taken in 2021 during the study period. Credit: FAU Harbor Branch ...

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Almost exclusively from Asia, seaweed production increased by nearly 200 percent in two decades, to 38 million tonnes. It is mainly used in industry, in jellies, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics, the ...

TAMPA, Fla. — A blanket of seaweed that spans roughly 5,000 miles that can be seen from space is heading for the east coast of Florida. The mass is called sargassum. “So we are looking at the ...

Killer whales, like these ones off the coast of Japan, may be using pieces of seaweed to groom each other, say scientists. Photo: Kyodo ...

The Caribbean region is experiencing a record influx of sargassum seaweed, a brown, prickly algae, impacting beaches, tourism, and even wildlife. This natural phenomenon has escalated in recent ...

Nicole has seen this seaweed before. “It smells. The kids don’t want to play in it. Things hide in there,” she said. This latest surge is 20 percent larger than the previous record set in 2019.

Killer whales have been caught on video breaking off pieces of seaweed to rub and groom each other, scientists announced Monday, in what they said is the first evidence of ...

Orcas make seaweed tools in order to scratch each other’s backs, a study has suggested. The animals, also known as killer whales, were observed detaching lengths of seaweed and massaging each other ...