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The Exciting Potential of Kelp and Seaweed
I'm eager to share some insights I gained during my recent internship at Kelp Blue (https://kelp.blue), a startup committed to re-wilding the oceans through cultivating kelp forests to improve ocean health and sequester CO2, where I learned about the potential of kelp and seaweed to offer sustainable solutions across various industries.
Photo Credit: Martin, L. (2019). Available at: https://mbc.ucsd.edu/blue-planet-iii-will-kelp-forests-make-the-cut/P
Macrocystis, commonly known as Giant Kelp, stands out for several reasons. It's one of the fastest-growing organisms on Earth, capable of growing up to two feet (60 cm) in a single day under favourable conditions, making it a highly renewable resource and an effective carbon sink. Additionally, kelp forests play a crucial ecological role by providing habitats for diverse marine species, thus enriching marine biodiversity.
Kelp, as a biostimulant, offers a sustainable alternative to synthetic fertilisers, mitigating the harmful effects of nutrient runoff on marine ecosystems. It's gaining attention in the…
Sounds like a wonderful internship at Kelp Blue! Kelp and Seaweed means so much both for aquaculture, feeding our world population and also as a blue carbon climate solution locking the carbon human lifestyle generates that causes the global warming. Love it!