Tag: Seaweed

SOS Biotech: turning the tide on invasive seaweed

Massive blooms of sargassum seaweed are choking Caribbean coastlines – threatening marine life, deterring tourism and damaging coastal economies – but where others...

The international consortium that wants to turn seaweed into a trillion dollar industry 

Spanning nearly all the continents, the International Biology and Macroalgae Center (IBMC) hopes to use knowledge sharing between key seaweed producers to super...

Seaweed biorefineries: unlocking the ocean’s green gold?

Dr Emily Kostas, a multidisciplinary bioscientist and applied phycologist with over a decade’s experience working with seaweed, offers insights into how biorefineries work,...

First seaweed harvest at offshore wind farm

North Sea Farmers, in the Netherlands, celebrate the first commercial-scale seaweed harvest co-located with wind turbines, providing researchers with valuable insights into seaweed...

Hatch Blue to extend Seaweed Insights into Latin America and the Caribbean 

Hatch Blue is expanding its flagship platform Seaweed Insights into Latin America and the Caribbean, with the goal of methodically documenting and increasing the...

A compelling case for land-based seaweed farming

Land-based seaweed cultivation is widely regarded as being too expensive in Europe, but by reducing costs and capitalising on growing demand from food...

Popular articles