Amsterdam, The Netherlands – 6th February 2024 Could kelp be a secret weapon in the fight against climate change? A new research project aims to answer that question by better understanding how kelp contributes to carbon sequestration in our oceans. The international collaboration, led by New Zealand’s Cawthron Institute with partners Sequench (NZ), Kelp Forest […]
Photo: Amy McConnell, a Canadian Kelp Resources Ltd. lab technician, holds up a piece of giant kelp in the Trevor Channel in Vancouver Island, on Aug. 19 2020. PHOTO BY: Melissa Renwick for TIME In a cove in Bamfield, a coastal community in British Columbia, Canada, Louis Druehl steers his boat, The Kelp Express, a mile along […]
When we think of kelp, we conjure up images of magical underwater forests. Recent research, however, suggests that in addition to creating beautiful habitats, macroalgae such as kelp play a large role reducing the effects of global warming. Kelp has an incredibly fast growth rate (up to two feet per day) and exports a large […]
Photo: Kelp forest views from below the ocean surface PHOTO BY: Andrew B Stowe – Shutterstock Researchers are looking to kelp for help storing carbon dioxide far beneath the surface of the sea. Sixty years ago, Tasmania’s coastline was cushioned by a velvety forest of kelp so dense it would ensnare local fishers as they headed […]
Photo: A mix of kelp, Irish moss and sea lettuce harvested off the coast of Maine.PHOTO BY: Rebecca Hale, NAT GEO image collection Farming seaweed, then sinking the mature plants to the bottom of the ocean, could be an effective way to fight warming. So why don’t we do it? As the Amazon burns, there’s […]
