"The same way we prepare for hurricanes, we have to prepare for sargassum," Antigua's environment minister said recently. Stringy, brown seaweed that spends its life floating Traditionally starts ...

The sargassum seaweed, originally beneficial to the marine ... “I grew up in Swetes Village in Antigua and I attended the Antigua Girls’ High School followed by the Princess Margaret School ...

Lapointe is talking about a floating seaweed known as sargassum in a region of the Atlantic called the Sargasso Sea. The boundaries of this sea are vague, defined not by landmasses but by five ...

Sargassum seaweed is disrupting coastlines from Cancún to Tulum, where tourism accounts for nearly 90 per cent of GDP. UNEP ...

Our goal is to convert a species of brown seaweed, called sargassum, that grows naturally in our oceans into valuable ...

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as sargassum is a natural phenomenon, and it is only bound to get worse as sea temperatures rise: according to authorities, there is a shocking 600 tons of seaweed currently floating off the coast.

Environmentalists say that Sargassum has long existed in the mid ... On shore, the great mats of seaweed rapidly degrade into smelly, odious, health-hazardous, insect-filled mess, repelling ...

Seaweed has been an essential part of Asian food culture for years. Only recently have Western communities come to acknowledge its nutritional assets. Rich in vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants ...

An curved arrow pointing right. A California startup makes compostable replacements for thin-film plastic out of seaweed. The company sources raw materials from seaweed farms, which can provide ...

Unless gathered absolutely fresh, seaweed tends to be sold dried. It is available fresh from May to June. Carrageen, or Irish moss, is used as a vegetarian gelling agent in some processed foods.