Blue carbon

Buoyed by the success of their first seaweed farm, Atlantic Mariculture Limited not only has plans to dramatically increase its own growing capacity but also to catalyse the growth of UK’s entire…

A collaboration of 13 California colleges and institutes launched the innovative Blue Economy and Climate Action Pathways Conference earlier this month, aiming to support blue economy workforce…

Innovo, which grows algae in bioreactors fed by fossil fuel emissions, believes that buy-in from the aquafeed sector can help them scale up their concept, while they - in turn - can help improve the…

Brilliant Planet’s unique idea to capture carbon by creating – and then burying – algal blooms in coastal deserts shows great promise, but it will take hundreds millions of dollars of investment…

Japan is leading the way when it comes to recognising the role aquatic species play in sequestering blue carbon, but - as things stand - farmed seaweed has yet to gain official support in this field.

Running Tide, a startup which was originally established to grow and sink seaweed to the ocean floor, has recently pivoted to focus on sinking waste wood in a bid to capture carbon and counter ocean…

Simon Johansson, CEO of Nordic Seafarm, believes that the company is on the cusp of commercial success – following breakthroughs in the production of three key seaweed species, as well as a business…

It was disappointing to see the media storm that followed the publication of plans by Biome Algae to establish a 270-acre seaweed farm off Gerrans Bay, in southwest England.

A new project aims to comprehensively map the current state of the seaweed farming industry in the United Kingdom and set out a path to help maximise its future potential.

A fresh round of funding has been granted for three ambitious projects that will investigate how marine organisms contribute to storing large amounts of carbon dioxide in the ocean.

Whilst uncertainty remains in the rates and permanence of seaweed carbon sequestration, the potential for seaweeds as lower-impact alternatives to products such as carbon-based plastics or…

A new report on the most exciting emerging market opportunities in the seaweed sector – which has been compiled for the World Bank by Hatch Innovation Services – has recently been published.

There are both environmental and economic reasons to be wary of seaweed-based “grow and sink” carbon sequestration strategies.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Australis have signed a $15 million convertible note to promote climate-resilient, ocean-based barramundi and seaweed aquaculture in Vietnam.