Algae Power

Posted: December 15, 2017 Under: Uncategorized By green No Comments

This tasty seaweed reduces cow emissions by 99%—and it could soon be a climate gamechanger August 16, 2019
[Australia] A puffy pink seaweed that can stop cows from burping out methane is being primed for mass farming by Australian researchers. The particular seaweed species, called Asparagopsis, grows prolifically off the Queensland Coast, and was the only seaweed found to have the effect in a study five years ago led by CSIRO. Even a […]
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Princeton scientists awarded grant to boost crop yields by adding algal organelle to plant August 15, 2019
[USA] With world population projected to exceed eight billion people by 2025, food security is already a pressing global problem. Part of the solution will come from efforts to increase the yields of current food crops, but the global need for food only continues to grow, and could eventually outpace farmers’ ability to increase production […]
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Three dogs suffer seizures and die after swimming in pond contaminated with toxic blue-green algae in North Carolina August 13, 2019
[USA] Two North Carolina dog owners are raising awareness of the dangers of blue-green algae after their beloved canines were killed by the toxic organisms last week. Canine lovers Melissa Martin and Denise Mintz of Wilmington, North Carolina let their dogs – Harpo, a mixed breed doodle and two West Highland white terriers named Abby […]
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The women sea divers of Rameswaram August 10, 2019
[India] Did you know where the agar-agar in your favourite dessert comes from? The answer lies in Rameswaram, where we join women divers on their quest for seaweed. “I’m going to the deep end,” says R Devi, and disappears with a glug into the shallow waters of the Bay of Bengal. Suddenly, I am left […]
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Israeli scientists create “sustainable plastic” from a seaweed-eating bacteria August 8, 2019
[Israel] Researchers in Israel have developed a new process to produce a “natural polymer” that is derived from microorganisms that feed on seaweed. In a statement, scientists from the University of Tel Aviv (TAU) said that bioplastic polymers can be produced without soil or fresh water, resources that are getting more and more scarce in […]
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This raincoat made from algae offers a message of hope August 7, 2019
[USA] In a shadowy corner of the Cooper Hewitt Museum on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, visitors may come across a mannequin wearing a clear plastic raincoat. At first glance, the coat looks like any other raincoat found at Walgreens or Target. But the exhibit label reveals that this is no ordinary shield against the elements. […]
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Jasmine Linington uses seaweed to make couture clothing August 7, 2019
[UK] Textile design graduate Jasmine Linington establishes seaweed as a high-end fashion material with her collection of nature-derived couture garments. In a bid to address the environmental impact of the fashion and textile industry, the Edinburgh College of Art MFA student looked to the Scottish shores for more sustainable materials. Every element of Linington’s Seaweed […]
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Algae Biomass Summit 2019 – Algae in food and feed going mainstream August 6, 2019
[Global] The Algae Biomass Summit is the algae industry’s premier event, where leading producers of algae products go to network with industry suppliers and technology providers, where project developers converse with utility executives, and where researchers and technology developers rub elbows with venture capitalists. Commercial algae production is being lauded as a new agricultural phenomenon […]
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Project could turn Lake Okeechobee algae into fuel August 5, 2019
[USA] Can the algae in Lake Okeechobee be extracted and turned into biofuel? An experiment conducted near the Moore Haven lock in July indicates this could be a possibility. Dr. Martin Page, project manager, with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said the 2018 WRDA provided the corps with some funding for research into Harmful […]
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Dutch startup makes vegan egg whites from microalgae and beer waste August 4, 2019
[Netherlands] Dutch startup FUMI recently developed a vegan egg-white replacer using spent brewer’s yeast, a waste product of the beer industry. FUMI founders Corjan van de Berg and Edgar Suarez Garcia developed the new product during a four-year research project at Wageningen University in the Netherlands wherein they sought to create new vegan ingredients using […]
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