Communities on Ireland's west coast say they will fight to safeguard their traditional seaweed rights against what they describe as a "corporate takeover "of their livelihoods.

Lake Mary, Florida / Syndication Cloud / February 16, 2026 / GS Plant Foods Large-scale agricultural operations and ...

Floating seaweed can travel long distances to new territories and accumulate in large mats or wash ashore in huge quantities.

Adding sugar helped to "plasticise" their seaweed material and was the breakthrough they were looking for. A powder ...

Asparagopsis seaweed works by inhibiting methyl-coenzyme reductase, an enzyme in methane-producing microbes living in cattle rumens. Recent peer-reviewed studies demonstrate reductions exceeding 80%.

Florida's beaches are hit by smelly sargassum blooms. A new study estimates costs at $3.63 billion annually. Here's why it could get worse.

Sunlight streaming through a forest of giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera, off Catalina Island, California, USA. (Photo by: David Fleetham/VW PICS/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) While seaweed ...

I was off work last week to spend time with family at the beach. The vacation was amazing, and I was thankful to get away, but when we arrived in the Dominican Republic, we encountered something we ...

Many of us think of seaweed as a nuisance. The slimy, sometimes smelly, stuff that clogs fishermen's nets, gets tangled around our ankles in the ocean, and washes up unwanted on the beach. Even its ...

Ducharme is a contributor to TIME. Ducharme is a contributor to TIME. Seaweed is a staple in many Asian cuisines, but many Americans still only encounter it when they go out for sushi. As a result, ...