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• 12 Tides kelp chips aim to rebalance the ocean
  As consumers, we make choices every day. At the grocery store, food decisions can evolve around dietary restrictions, packaging, convenience, preferences and the environment. One snack brand tries to bring that all together with the newly-released 12...
• 3D-printed kelp chair is made of recycled fishing nets
  Bioplastics can be made of many different materials, but furniture made of fishing nets? That's the vision of the Kelp Collection from Interesting Times Gang...
• First test of tropical seaweed farming for biofuels production begins off Puerto Rico
  "Facilitating research of this nature will be key for the development of sustainable aquaculture in this area," says Roberson. "We have tested similar farm designs in New England and Alaska, but this will be the first test of the array in warm tropical...
• Seaweed pavilion encourages environmental conservation at WEF
  In the landlocked Swiss town of Davos-Klosters, German designer Julia Lohmann has brought multi-sensory elements of the sea to guests of the World Economic Forum (WEF) 50th Annual Meeting...
• Carbon-negative snack company AKUA offers kelp jerky and pasta
  Amidst the growing awareness about our planet’s climate crisis, there is now a burgeoning need for more sustainable food resources. In recent years, seaweed has been quite a catch for health-conscious consumers, in turn, making kelp, a brown macroalgae,...
• Startup is developing kelp farms in the open ocean to make carbon-neutral biofuel
  Could a robotic kelp farm offer an alternative fuel for cars or jets? The founders behind Marine BioEnergy hope so. The startup will soon begin testing a prototype of their kelp elevator, a farm that can move up and down in the water with the help of...
• Crowdfunded 3D Ocean Farms Could Help Restore the Health of the Seas
  The world's oceans are experiencing a tough time. Overfishing, acidification from climate change, pollution, and dead zones have all become major challenges to the health of aquatic ecosystems around the globe. While the problems may seem massive, ocean...
• Julia Lohmann Creates Beautiful Lamps Out of Laser-Cut Kelp Seaweed
  It seems that kelp can do just about anything. From stabilizing and thickening foods to fertilizing plants, this giant algae has a million different applications. But who could have thought it would make an attractive addition to your home? Artist Julia...
• Radiation from Fukushima Disaster Found in California Kelp
  Kelp Leaves photo from Shutterstock Ghost ships aren’t the only remnants of Japan’s March 2011 tsunami that are washing up on the shores of North America...

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