OX2’s Galatea-Galene huge 1.7 gigawatt offshore wind farm will be sited off Halland, a county on the western coast of Sweden. It’s named after two Greek sea nymphs, Galatea and Galene, and ...

Seaweed farms are a far cry from the rows of corn and wheat that make up monoculture farming on land. But even as they signify new opportunities, they present ecological risks, many of them unknown.

The Investment Slowdown. In 2023, according to Phyconomy, a database that tracks the seaweed economy, seaweed funding in the U.S. abruptly began to sink, dwindling from a peak of about $100 ...

Aquaculture is projected to become Hawaiʻi's strongest food industry, but the state may not be doing enough to ensure there ...

South Korea’s Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries announced on July 2 that it will expand seaweed farming by 1%—an additional ...

Atlantic Sea Farms, another Maine seaweed producer, incorporates kelp into frozen smoothie cubes alongside antioxidant-rich fruits such as cranberries and blueberries. If you’re feeling spicy ...

Seaweed grows up to two feet a day, contains numerous vitamins and minerals, and produces up to 11 times the biomass of wheat and corn. The U.S. is finally taking note of this sustainable superfood.

Blue Evolution is working to develop a revolutionary method for sustainably extracting critical minerals and rare earth elements from seaweed. Copper $ 5.1415 / lb 0.16% Brent Crude Oil $ 68.76 ...

Though little is yet known about how much CO 2 seaweed releases during harvest, research has found that perennial brown algae farms absorb up to ten tons of CO 2 per hectare of sea surface per year.

Location of the sampled seaweed farms, the time (years) elapsed since the onset of farming and the size of the harvested area (ha). Credit: Nature Climate Change (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41558-024 ...