But if this robot can successfully tackle the seaweed, it may go on to help fight an even bigger bad guy: climate change. This robot's first foe is a 5,500-mile long blob of seaweed ...

Seaweed is once again showing promise for making cattle farming more sustainable. A new study by researchers at the University of California, Davis, found that feeding grazing beef cattle a seaweed ...

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 ...

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 ...

Seaweed farming leads to a build-up of carbon in the sediments underneath the seaweed beds — potentially contributing to climate-change mitigation 1. Carlos Duarte at King Abdullah University of ...

Seaweed might be the greatest untapped resource we have on this planet. It can be used as a nutritious food, an alternative to plastic, and could even help to restore our oceans tackle climate ...

Notpla Coating, made from seaweed applied to takeaway boxes, is available in eight countries in the European Union and U.K, says Pierre Paslier, co-CEO and cofounder. Notpla Film is still at “an ...

In his new book, author Vincent Doumeizel claims there is more to seaweed than just being an untapped source of food, and it could even replace polluting plastics.

Cattle on a CSIRO research station are being fed a mix of grain and seaweed to see if eating algae drastically reduces methane emissions in cows. If successful, the trial could pave the way for a ...

A woman sunbathes on a beach during the sargassum seaweed in Playa del Carmen, Mexico on June 3, 2025. REUTERS. As part of the Mexican government’s response, officials planned to focus on ...

Seaweed, in all its slimy glory, can be processed into a biofuel that could be used to power our homes and vehicles. The DOE’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) program is ...