E-commerce giant Amazon is funding the world’s first commercial-scale offshore wind seaweed farm that will sit between turbines – and this project has the potential to achieve a lot of great things.

Amazon is planning to allocate some of its funds to build the first "commercial-scale" seaweed farm in the world. The structure will be constructed between wind turbines offshore. The company dubbed ...

A WA company that began as a small team trialling longlines says it is on the verge of commercial-scale production.

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New research published in Nature Sustainability shows that expanding global seaweed farming could offer a sustainable alternative to land-based agricultural expansion and go a long way toward ...

LAST week, I wrote about the extreme heat and prolonged drought brought about by the 2023-2024 El Niño and how it affected ...

Offshore wind is the fastest-growing energy business. By 2040, analysts forecast that one million hectares of sea and ocean will be filled by offshore wind turbines. Amazon is now interested in using ...

Mar. 7—HOOD CANAL, Wash. — On a gray February afternoon, Joth Davis motors his skiff along the northern edge of Hood Canal, a glacier-carved fjord in Puget Sound. A grid of black buoys marks the ...

A year ago, Trevor Sande wasn’t thinking much about seaweed. Early this November, however, he and the employees at Hump Island Oyster Company in Ketchikan, which Sande founded and owns, will plant ...

Humboldt State University is expanding and diversifying its seaweed research farm in Humboldt Bay to include bull kelp this summer. With the help of HSU students, researchers aim to inform future ...

Puducherry's first seaweed farming initiative achieves 3.5X growth, showcasing its potential for local fisher communities and fisherwomen.

Seaweed. It’s the bane of swimmers, and can ruin a nice day at the beach. But harvesting the aquatic plant could play a role in mitigating the effects of climate change. A new study conducted by ...