[UK] ‘Chefs are using it a great deal more on their menus, and it’s perfect for consumers looking for local, healthy and nourishing natural foods.’ Alice Smellie asked the experts whether we should all be following Oliver’s lead. Continue reading Why Jamie's seaweed diet could help you get slim too: It reduces fat absorption, boosts iron levels and keeps hearts healthy
Daily Archives: September 3, 2015
No organs, no problem: Weird animal hunts algae without nerves or muscles
[USA] It’s amazing what can be accomplished without a brain. Ask Trichoplax. This tiny multicellular animal — only a millimeter across — has nothing recognizable as muscle or nerve cells. In fact it has no organs at all. And yet it can hunt down, dissolve and consume algae with surprising sophistication, new research shows. Continue reading No organs, no problem: Weird animal hunts algae without nerves or muscles
Coral gets bailed out by an enemy
[USA] Under attack from hordes of ravenous starfish, Pacific coral is getting help from an unexpected source – seaweed, an arch enemy, researchers said on Wednesday. Continue reading Coral gets bailed out by an enemy
Seaweed exports continue to fall
[Chile] Exports of products made from seaweed generated a total of USD 133 million in revenue in the first half of this year, 20 per cent less than in the same period of 2015. Continue reading Seaweed exports continue to fall
Aqua farmers warned as massive algae bloom threatens fish and marine life
[UK] Aqua farm owners off the south-west coast have been warned of a massive bloom of algae which has the potential to kill fish and shellfish stock along with other marine life. Continue reading Aqua farmers warned as massive algae bloom threatens fish and marine life
Sea slug found to track seaweed by sniffing its defensive chemicals
[USA] A team of researchers with the Georgia Institute of Technology has found that one species of sea slug (Elysia tuca) uses chemicals produced defensively by one type of seaweed (Halimeda incrassata) to track down the seaweed. Continue reading Sea slug found to track seaweed by sniffing its defensive chemicals