SPRUCEHEAD ISLAND, Maine (WABI) - Did you know Maine is currently the largest producer of kelp in the United States? There are farms located across our entire coastline, including a few off Sprucehead ...

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Farming kelp to sell as food, beauty products, fertilizer additives and other goods is a growing industry in Maine, but also ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. — The weathered UC Davis Marine Laboratory looms in thick fog on the edge of the ocean near Bodega Bay. Inside, an experiment is playing out that gives a badly needed boost to ...

Carbon emissions are a huge contributor to climate change, so companies are getting creative about finding ways to suck the heat-trapping element out of the atmosphere and slow global warming. Carbon ...

The Town of Huntington has joined forces with a local nonprofit and marine experts to farm sugar kelp in its harbors to help improve water quality and use the seaweed's byproduct as a fertilizer at ...

For most of Connecticut’s agriculture sector, the harvest has already concluded by this time of year. But for a new crop of farmers growing sugar kelp in the waters of the Long Island Sound, planting ...

Sea kelp is rich with nutrients and health benefits, but too much of it, especially in supplements, can cause negative side effects.

If you’ve ever walked a beach in South Puget Sound, you’ve seem them — long, brown tendrils that look like they could do some damage if someone used them as a whip. They’re called bull kelp, and they ...

The weathered UC Davis Marine Laboratory looms in thick fog on the edge of the ocean near Bodega Bay. Inside, an experiment is playing out that gives a badly-needed boost to Northern California’s kelp ...