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Kelps provide food and habitat for myriad coastal creatures.
seed banks

Kelp Seed Banks Save Biodiversity and Indigenous Traditions

In Washington State, a new preservation facility offers a back-up plan for an uncertain future.
Natalia Mesa May 29, 2023
In the Caribbean's Lesser Antilles archipelago, this aerial shot from April 2015 shows sargassum seaweed creeping toward a beach on Grande-Terre, which is part of the island of Guadeloupe, one of France's overseas <em>départements</em>.
beach

10 Photos of Seaweed Blobs That Will Blow Your Mind

As a supersized sargassum bloom heads toward Florida and the Caribbean, we take a closer look at past big blobs.
Sarah Durn April 5, 2023
Without added flavors, carrageen moss pudding can be rather bland.
food

How Ireland Embraced Seaweed Pudding

Irish moss has a long culinary history.
Chris Baraniuk September 28, 2022
A palmful of samphire, or sea beans.
food

The Case for Sea Vegetables

These delicious, under-utilized greens are being farmed for the first time.
Diana Hubbell August 22, 2022
Isabella Abbott was a prolific researcher who changed our understanding of seaweed and discovered hundreds of new species.
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
Cattle—like these ones grazing on the Gravelly Mountain Range in the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest—burp a whole lot of methane.
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
Tons of sargassum in Puerto Morelos, Mexico, seen here in 2019, present a distinct problem for the tourist industry.
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
Urchins encircle a lone red abalone.
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
Don't be fooled by how it looks: River laver tempura is a treat.
Gastro Obscura

Shimanto River 'Seaweed' Tempura

In Kochi, Japan, river laver gets deep-fried into an earthy, crunchy treat.
A beautifully red sheet of Welsh <em>Porphyra</em>, nori's British cousin.
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
Seaweed blankets a beach in Martinique.
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
There's no potato in this pie.
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.
Shipbuilding room.
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.
Burntcoat Head Park
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.
Museumsgården.
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.