Tag: seaweed farming
A Phyto Finish: Could Seaweed Be Mined for Critical Minerals?
Some Seaweeds Accumulate Critical Minerals. NREL Scientists Are Studying Which Ones Do It Best Seaweed: the phyto(mining) frontier? Puns aside, seaweed is emerging as a surprising mining source. NREL chemist Stefanie Van Wychen and a team of five departed Juneau, Alaska, on an early spring—and surprisingly green—April morning. The crew … [continued]
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Sequestering All That CO2 … In Macroalgae
Without a doubt, we need to install more clean, renewable energy and get more electric vehicles on the road in order to stop heating up the Earth. However, we need more than that now because we’ve already added too many greenhouse gases to the atmosphere. We all know that, but … [continued]
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ClimeFi & World Ocean Council: Scaling Marine CDR For Climate & Biodiversity
Marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR) is getting increasing attention. Often overlooked, the ocean’s vast capacity to store CO₂ is now seen as a vital climate lever, and one with distinct advantages over land-based carbon removal. This second article in a three-part series by ClimeFi and the World Ocean Council explores … [continued]
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Critical Minerals Bottleneck Unblocked By Weed (Seaweed, That Is)
A new US startup aims to harvest critical minerals from seaweed, avoiding the environmental and social impacts of conventional mining.
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Bovine Methane Emissions Solution Spearheaded By US Firm
Trump or no Trump, innovators in the US are working to curb methane emissions from 1.5 billion cattle around the world.
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