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Seaweed

Omar Vazquez Sanchez stands in the doorway of a home built from blocks made of seaweed.

In Cancun, this man is turning seaweed trash into natural-building treasures

Environment

A brown seaweed called sargassum is washing up on Cancun beaches, threatening the region’s efforts to recover its tourism. Local resident Omar Vazquez Sanchez got the idea to transform the seaweed into “sargablocks,” what he calls a small solution to a big problem. 

Aquacultures of red algae define this beach in Zanzibar.

As the seaweed industry booms, how can we farm seaweed more sustainably?

Health
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Fears of Radiation in Food and Ocean Concern Coastal Japanese

Environment
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Riviera Seaweed Infestation

The Need for Seaweed

Inside Grandpa’s Shack

Hear true tales from where East meets West as Living on Earth presents its holiday special featuring Asian-American storytellers. The show kicks off with Brenda Wong Aoki, a performer with roots in China, Japan, and Europe, who remembers a summer she spen

Inside Grandpa’s Shack

Hear true tales from where East meets West as Living on Earth presents its holiday special featuring Asian-American storytellers. The show kicks off with Brenda Wong Aoki, a performer with roots in China, Japan, and Europe, who remembers a summer she spen

The World

Rockweed

The seaweed industry is an important part of coastal communities around the world. One type of seaweed called rockweed is among several that have been harvested in Maine for the last three decades. But when a Canadian seaweed company made plans to harvest rockweed in Cobscook Bay, Maine near the Canadian border, scientists and fishermen […]