seaweed

Eating less beef, cheese and ice cream would slash emissions. If only it were that easy.

The Black Sea is almost devoid of oxygen. That could make it a great place to stash carbon.

For the past several months, Carlos Drews has been trying to figure out how to transform barren bits of B.C. seafloor into vibrant forests of kelp that sequester carbon and bolster biodiversity.

The Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt — as the biomass stretching from West Africa to the Gulf of Mexico is called — contains scattered patches of seaweed on the open sea, rather than one continuous blob of sargassum.

Scientists identify parts of the ocean suitable for seaweed cultivation and suggest it could constitute 10 per cent of the human diet to reduce the impact of agriculture.

Swiss retailer Migros said on Tuesday, September 6, 2022, that it is launching a coffeemaking system designed to replace capsules that produce thousands of tons of waste worldwide each year.

While vacationers might enjoy the Mediterranean Sea’s summer warmth, climate scientists are warning of dire consequences for its marine life as it burns up in a series of severe heat waves.

This 29-year-old Simon Fraser University master’s student in biological sciences won first place in the 2021 Greater Vancouver YMCA Youth Mean Business Pitch Competition for this concept.

Researchers argue carbon offset hopefuls have jumped the gun in touting seaweed’s carbon-sucking potential.

Kennedy Nikel works in cultivating seaweed for use in critical climate solutions.

The Klahoose First Nation is among the first coastal communities to partner with Cascadia Seaweed in an attempt scale up kelp aquaculture along the West Coast. 

The federal fisheries minister, B.C. agriculture minister, and federal and provincial Green Party politicians are all on board to open the week-long Seaweed Days being debuted by Cascadia Seaweed on Monday.

For Lisa Girbav and Stephen Kingshott, an ideal date probably involves harvesting seaweed and seafood in northern B.C.’s chilly waters — and then writing about it.

Researcher Thierry Chopin has been pitching the ecological, economic and social benefits of farming seaweed and salmon together since the late 1990s. But, there won't be adoption of co-cultivation in salmon farming until there is regulatory change and financial incentive, he says.

Shared goals of providing economic diversification, employment opportunities and skills training for coastal First Nations communities make for a good partnership between one coastal First Nation and a commercial kelp business in B.C.