U.S. Department of Energy has invested $55 million in seaweed biofuel research Whale biologists worry kelp growing gear could entangle critically endangered North Atlantic right whales Seaweed farms ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rum and Sargassum, a startup in Barbados in the Caribbean islands, is turning rum waste from distilleries and seaweed washed off ...
Sugar cane and corn may soon be sharing the biofuel spotlight with a new contender: seaweed. A new breakthrough to break down sugars in seaweed may make the abundant marine algae central to replacing ...
Oceans, rivers and lakes are chockful of thousands of underwater plants and algae collectively described as seaweed. Demand for seaweed — kelp, specifically — has exploded as scientists have confirmed ...
Most of the troubles plaguing the subtropical waters of Florida and the Caribbean revolve around disappearing marine life: coral reefs, fish populations, sea grass beds. It’s decidedly the opposite ...
Stinking mats of rotting seaweed are already starting to pile up on beaches across the Caribbean. These mega-blooms of slimy brown algae called sargassum were once seldom seen — but climate change and ...
In Cape Cod Bay, 10-year-old Pilgrim and her calf skim the water's glassy surface alongside the Shearwater research vessel to feed on tiny crustaceans. The two are among the last surviving 340 or so ...