Sean Den Adel and Skye Steritz operate Noble Ocean Farms out of Cordova. (Photo courtesy Mark Titus) Sean Den Adel and his fiance Skye Steritz live in Cordova and are among a handful of small-scale ...

Kelson Marine and collaborators sample kelp grown on an open-ocean seaweed farm. Farming kelp to sell as food, beauty products, fertilizer additives and other goods is a growing industry in Maine, but ...

On a clear March afternoon, John Smet shut off the engine of his workboat as he approached his go-to wild kelp bed. It was high tide, so less kelp was pooling on the surface of the water, making it ...

The water-filtering abilities of farmed kelp could help reduce marine pollution in coastal areas, according to a new study. The paper analyzed carbon and nitrogen levels at two mixed-species kelp ...

For the last year, Sea Quester, a seaweed farming company based in Juneau, has been making progress growing kelp. Among its creations is a kelp burger whose sales topped 500 at the Southeast Alaska ...

Just off the shore in Casco Bay, Maine, marine scientist Scott Lindell descends into an underwater kelp forest, his ears filling with frigid water as he swims down to the seafloor. Lindell’s mission: ...

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Kelp forests support a kaleidoscope of biodiversity and perform crucial ecosystem functions, yet they are in trouble globally. A recent journal commentary shows that just 15.9% of kelp forests are in ...

Kelp is being negatively impacted by climate change. Warming ocean temperatures have led to shorter growing and harvesting seasons, including for sugar kelp, one of the most commonly farmed kelp ...