Kelp farming is catching on in Maine as a way to sustain working class coastal communities while supporting ecosystems and ...

That expansion is contingent not only on driving more local demand for edible kelp — which has been challenging — but also on finding and developing new ways to use the plant. Sustainable fuel ...

Divers recently sought evidence of the Palisades fire's underwater toll, particularly its effect on a vital anchor of the coastal ecosystem: kelp.

They’ve been refining giant kelp into a liquid extract that they think can have big implications for the terrestrial farming ...

The U.S. kelp protein market is expected to grow at a 7.2% CAGR from 2025 to 2035. Increasing consumer demand for clean-label and sustainable protein alternatives is fueling market expansion. Major ...

A project that aims to use kelp extracts to manage soil nutrients in agriculture more efficiently is underway, with a ...

making it an abundant source of vitamins and minerals like iodine, potassium, magnesium, calcium and iron. One of the benefits claimed for kelp is that its abundance of vitamins and ...

Chef Andrew Wilkinson of North Coast Seafoods hands out samples of kelp "meatballs" at an Introduction to Global Public Health class. (Photos by Lee Pellegrini) A new nutritious, sustainable, ...

The documentary Sequoias of the Sea explore the challenges facing kelp ecosystems in California. It will screen at the Ocean ...

The majority of the bull kelp, or Durvillaea potatorum, harvested on the island is collected for alginate extraction. Its uses are seemingly endless, from producing gels and pastes, to shampoos ...

The rich resources of Pacific kelp forests helped humans populate the Americas. Now depleted by as much as 95 percent, they need our help to recover. 4:03 The kelp forests off the coast of ...