Edible seaweeds and algae — or sea vegetables — are a group of aquatic plants that are found in the ocean. Kelp, dulse, wakame and sea grapes are all types of seaweeds that are used in ...

An international seaweed research program has today released a landmark report outlining the threats facing global seaweed habitats. The report highlights how human-induced threats, including ...

Virtually absent from most present-day Western diets, seaweed and aquatic plants were once a staple food for ancient Europeans, an analysis of molecules preserved in fossilized dental plaque has ...

Marine botanists have discovered two new species of red seaweed from the coasts of Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, and Daman and Diu1. The red seaweed species are economically important because they contain ...

Seaweeds may seem like slippery growths on rocks, but their unique structures and vibrant colours—green, brown, and red—reveal much about their types and roles in the ecosystem.

IN MANY PLACES where seaweed used to thrive, often growing in vast “forests”, it is disappearing. The cause is global warming, which, by heating the ocean’s upper layer, reduces its density ...

Sullivan explains that her startup gravitated to seaweed as the base for a range of clean-label ingredients because it is “one of the most nutrient dense foods on our planet,” and is one of ...

Deakin University scientists are studying the capacity of kelp to absorb carbon dioxide It's believed seaweed forests could serve as carbon sinks, just like forests in the terrestrial world There ...

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