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How Korea's gamtae seaweed won over Michelin-starred chefs around the world
Gamtae is one of South Korea's rarest seaweeds. For centuries, this earthy, sweet seaweed was mainl…
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Scientists studied social media videos of whales rubbing seaweed on their skin and concluded they're probably exfoliating
Videos show baleen whales across the world play with kelp out in the open ocean. Scientists says th…
Maiya Focht
This Mexican entrepreneur builds houses out of bricks made from invasive seaweed. Then he gives them away.
Millions of tons of sargassum wash up on beaches across North America every year. Exposure can lead…
Giant seaweed blob floating to Florida can be seen from space
A 5,000-mile-long blob of smelly seaweed is on its way to Florida. It's called sargassum, and it's …
How seaweed could replace plastic bags and packaging
A California startup makes compostable replacements for thin-film plastic out of seaweed. The compa…
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A giant seaweed mass heading for Florida's beaches is full of potentially dangerous bacteria that threatens a 'pathogen storm,' a study found
The bacteria Vibrio can stick to the plastic debris in a vast mass of Sargassum seaweed headed towa…
Isobel van Hagen
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Meet the climate startup turning a 5,000-mile stretch of seaweed from a plague of coastal communities into a giant carbon store
The London-based startup is tackling the "Great Sargassum Monster" with a Roomba-like robot transpo…
Tasmin Lockwood
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Prince William gave a $1.2 million Earthshot prize to a startup that makes edible packaging from seaweed
Notpla, or "not plastic," which produces sustainable packaging from seaweed, has picked up one of t…
Stephanie Stacey
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Kayaker rescued after surviving 2 days clinging to a buoy in rough seas, eating seaweed and crabs: report
Fishermen rescued a British man in the English Channel. He was dehydrated and suffering from hypoth…
Hannah Williams
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Seaweed may be the solution to our plastic crisis. A London startup is making edible packaging out of it.
The plastic-like seaweed packaging made by Notpla is biodegradable within six weeks, compared to hu…
Claire Price
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A seaweed-based rum is giving this company a new lease on life after COVID-19 decimated its bartending business
The Yorkshire Explorer Distillery has launched a rum made from seaweed during the pandemic — and it…
Grace Dean
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Denmark spent over $150,000 to rid a beach of debris and seaweed, then dumped it in the water with a bulldozer
Video shows a bulldozer scooping up seaweed and debris, which reportedly included plastic, along th…
Yelena Dzhanova
Seaweed may be the solution to our plastic crisis. A London startup is making edible packaging out of it.
Single-use plastics account for more than half of the 300 million tons of plastic made every year. …
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An edible straw made of seaweed could soon replace polluting plastic straws
Though Loliware isn't the first company to ppropose an compostable alternative to plastic straws, B…
Aria Bendix
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The algae epidemic suffocating the Caribbean has hit a scary milestone - the world's largest seaweed bloom now stretches from Africa to Mexico
The bloom forms seasonally as it feeds on two sources of nutrients. The first is human-made: In the…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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We tried the seaweed that 'tastes like bacon' and is healthier than kale - here's the verdict
But by the time I reached out to the researchers growing it, they'd already been inundated with req…
Erin Brodwin
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A dramatic seaweed invasion has hit coastlines across Florida and the Caribbean, killing wildlife - here's what it looks like on the ground
Researchers are struggling to figure out why the weeds have started washing up on Caribbean coastli…
Jeremy Berke
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Researchers discover seaweed that tastes like bacon and is twice as healthy as kale
According to Oregon State researcher Chris Langdon, his team started growing the ;new strain while …