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food

How Ireland Embraced Seaweed Pudding

Irish moss has a long culinary history.
Chris Baraniuk September 28, 2022
food

The Case for Sea Vegetables

These delicious, under-utilized greens are being farmed for the first time.
Diana Hubbell August 22, 2022
science

How the 'First Lady of Seaweed' Changed Science

Isabella Abbott, the first native Hawaiian woman to earn a doctorate in science, rewrote the book on her beloved limu.
Shoshi Parks March 11, 2022
science

Red Seaweed Defeats Cows' Methane-Filled Burps

When it comes to battling the climate-damaging gas in belches, a little of the macroalgae goes a long way.
Nathanael Johnson March 30, 2021
underwater

The Sargasso Sea Is Plenty Wide, and It's Growing

What happens when you have too much of a good thing.
Dan Nosowitz April 14, 2020
forests

A Minefield of Purple Urchins Devastated Kelp Forests in California

Warm water and "sea star wasting disease" helped urchins take over the coast, a new study finds.
Sabrina Imbler November 8, 2019
Gastro Obscura

Shimanto River 'Seaweed' Tempura

In Kochi, Japan, river laver gets deep-fried into an earthy, crunchy treat.
science

How Pink Slime Saved Sushi

Kathleen Drew-Baker’s study of British algae helped rescue Japan's nori industry.
Sabrina Imbler July 18, 2019
beaches

Welcome to the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt, the Seaweed Superhighway

Researchers suspect that the smelly macroalgae will keep piling up on ocean shores.
Jessica Leigh Hester July 5, 2019
O'Leary, Prince Edward Island

Seaweed Pie

Made from local Irish moss, this pie is served only in Prince Edward Island's potato museum.
Gastro Obscura

Carrageen Moss Pudding

This sweet, silky Irish pudding has a secret ingredient: seaweed.
Scituate, Massachusetts

Maritime and Irish Mossing Museum

A quaint museum nestled in a former hub of Irish moss harvesting.
Gastro Obscura

Seaweed Gin

The essence of Canada's eastern coastline, distilled.
Maitland, Nova Scotia

Burntcoat Head Park

The highest tides in the world come in and out here twice a day, allowing you to essentially walk along the ocean floor.
Læsø, Denmark

Museumsgården

This antique farmhouse is one of Læsø's rare seaweed houses.
Gastro Obscura

Cochayuyo

This hearty kelp has been feeding Chileans for at least 14,000 years.
Gastro Obscura

Seaweed Ale

The ocean-scented brew pays homage to an old Scottish style.
turtles

Turtles Have Led Us to Their Secret Seagrass Meadows

Some ecological good news, courtesy of some hungry shelled swimmers.
Jessica Leigh Hester April 11, 2018