Similar to pruning a tree, cutting the seaweed can encourage it to grow back to its pre-harvest state quicker, increasing the CO2 uptake ... such as intensive farming practices, deforestation ...

Initiatives to have carbon dioxide (CO2) absorbed and captured ... areas of the famed Hidaka Konbu and Rishiri Konbu. Seaweed farming can be considered as effective in reining in carbon footprints ...

“My role in the seaweed farming project was to plan and design ... It produces oxygen and absorbs carbon [dioxide] from the atmosphere as well,” explained Handrich Hernando, the school ...