Blue carbon

Having worked in biotechnology investment and then as a pioneering seaweed and mussel farmer, Paul Dobbins was persuaded to come out of retirement for the second time to work on WWF’s programmatic…

Vincent Doumeizel, author of The Seaweed Revolution, believes that seaweed can help replace many of the worst elements of conventional contemporary agriculture and help to feed the growing global…

Aquaculture startup Seafields aims to remove billions of tonnes of carbon from the atmosphere each year by growing and harvesting Sargassum in the South Atlantic Gyre, as John Auckland – co-founder…

Regenerative and restorative aquaculture operations, such as seaweed farms, can be economically – as well as ecologically – sound, according to two of the key players in the space.

Scientists with Australia’s Deakin University Blue Carbon Lab are kicking off a trial with biodegradable structures that could enhance the growth and survival of coastal wetland species like…

Hatch Blue has recruited Nitzan Unger as its senior seaweed project manager to lead all algae-related projects at Hatch Innovation Services’ business advisory unit.

Algiecel, a Danish startup that aims to use microalgae to capture carbon, has raised DKK 10m (€1.3m) in combined funding from Denmark’s Export and Investment Fund, a UK-based family fund and private…

Indonesia needs a sustainable source of funding to conserve and restore its blue carbon ecosystems and combat climate change – and carbon credits may be the solution that helps them flourish.

In a world first, scientists have discovered a type of red seaweed at new depths around Antarctica, highlighting its potential to store carbon and de-acidify the ocean as it grows in deep water.