Kelp farming is catching on in Maine as a way to sustain working class coastal communities while supporting ecosystems and ...

The U.S. kelp protein market is expected to grow at a 7.2% CAGR from 2025 to 2035. Increasing consumer demand for clean-label and sustainable protein alternatives is fueling market expansion. Major ...

Chef Andrew Wilkinson of North Coast Seafoods hands out samples of kelp "meatballs" at an Introduction to Global Public Health class. (Photos by Lee Pellegrini) A new nutritious, sustainable, ...

Divers recently sought evidence of the Palisades fire's underwater toll, particularly its effect on a vital anchor of the coastal ecosystem: kelp.

A project that aims to use kelp extracts to manage soil nutrients in agriculture more efficiently is underway, with a ...

That expansion is contingent not only on driving more local demand for edible kelp — which has been challenging — but also on finding and developing new ways to use the plant. Sustainable fuel ...

The rich resources of Pacific kelp forests helped humans populate the Americas. Now depleted by as much as 95 percent, they need our help to recover. 4:03 The kelp forests off the coast of ...

They’ve been refining giant kelp into a liquid extract that they think can have big implications for the terrestrial farming ...

The majority of the bull kelp, or Durvillaea potatorum, harvested on the island is collected for alginate extraction. Its uses are seemingly endless, from producing gels and pastes, to shampoos ...

They used decades of observations to create a time series of interactions, looking at how they interact and the number of local species. They determined that while kelp forests had grown back in ...