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The seaweed can choke corals, wreak havoc on coastal ecosystems and diminish air quality. A giant seaweed bloom that can be seen from space threatens beaches in Florida and Mexico Skip to main content
Arsenic and heavy metal levels making turning seaweed into food a health concern and unlikely. Food, fertilizer, fuel? Hunt is on for solutions to Caribbean’s exploding seaweed problem
H2Omx is a 2013 Mexican documentary film directed by José Cohen (in his directorial debut) and Lorenzo Hagerman. [1] Based on a script written by Olga Caceres, Adán Lerma, Alejandra Liceaga & Ylva Mossing. [2]
Seaweed, such as kelp, also absorbs phosphorus and nitrogen [97] and is thus helpful to remove excessive nutrients from polluted parts of the sea. [98] Some cultivated seaweeds have very high productivity and could absorb large quantities of N, P, CO 2 , producing large amounts of O 2 having an excellent effect on decreasing eutrophication. [ 99 ]
Other seaweed may be used as fertilizer, compost for landscaping, or to combat beach erosion through burial in beach dunes. [55] Seaweed is under consideration as a potential source of bioethanol. [56] [57] Seaweed is lifted out of the top of an algae scrubber/cultivator, to be discarded or used as food, fertilizer, or skin care.
A raft of brown-colored seaweed in the Atlantic Ocean is so vast it can be seen from space. A giant seaweed bloom that can be seen from space threatens beaches in Florida and Mexico Skip to main ...
Caulerpa taxifolia is a species of green seaweed, an alga of the genus Caulerpa, native to tropical waters of the Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean, and Caribbean Sea. [2] The species name taxifolia arises from the resemblance of its leaf-like fronds [3] to those of the yew (Taxus).
People with respiratory problems don’t want to get close to the rotten, smelly seaweed. But it is not toxic in the ocean,” Hu said. “For small amounts (e.g., a mat like the size of a room ...